Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was fatally shot by security officers after driving through a hallway at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, Michigan, in a vehicle that then caught fire, authorities said.

Ghazali came to the U.S. in 2011 on an immediate relative visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen and was granted U.S. citizenship in 2016, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Jennifer Runyan, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Detroit field office, called the crime a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community” and said at a news conference Thursday that the FBI is leading the investigation.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/west-bloomfield-michigan-synagogue-99884aa558523928953bf5d31018c150

[niyad]

1. this is krasnov's doj/fbi. I probably won't believe a word they say.

[JBTaurus83]

2. A reform Synagogue seems a strange target

If you are angry at Israel. Thankfully the children had a half day today and didn’t have to go through this situation.

[fujiyamasan]

4. Sad situation and terrible what happened to this man's family

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But I also hate to say it, but the Lebanese community in Michigan bears some responsibility for falling for Trump’s “pro peace” bullshit. It never made any sense that Bibi’s clearly preferred candidate would bring an equitable peace to the region.

I’m not saying Israel’s actions against Lebanon wouldn’t have occurred otherwise (after all Biden kept the arms flowing), but we sure know Biden and Harris wouldn’t have encouraged the current actions against Lebanon or launched a war against Iran.

[JBTaurus83]

7. And it shouldn't need to be said

But, this Jewish community has nothing to do with government policies in Israel. It’s a sad situation where this guy probably went into a mental breakdown upon learning his family was killed.

[Polybius]

10. To a jihadist, a Jew is a Jew

It was likely much more than just Israel.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Not necessarily. To an Islamic terrorist, a Jew is a Jew is a Jew.

Not to mention, that Reform Judaism embraces a lot of secularism, which is also offensive to them.

Either you're a fundamentalist Muslim or you're not.

If you're a target, it's just a matter of degree that you're an enemy.

[yaesu]

3. Whatever the fascist DHS says it's the opposite, probably someone driven to drink by fascist USA life, fell asleep

at the wheel, crashed, end of story.

[moonshinegnomie]

5. according to the news his family was killed in airstrikes over the weekend

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/west-bloomfield-police-responding-active-scene-temple-israel#

[Lancero]

8. Resident of Dearborn - Given how that area voted last election, fair chance he happily voted for what's happening now.

Sadly, not the first or last Trumpist that screwed over their family like this.

[fujiyamasan]

9. Or very possibly sat out the election

Either way, in a pivotal swing state it was not the smartest move.

[SunSeeker]

6. Apparently he had family members recently killed in Lebanon.

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