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

https://apnews.com/article/west-bloomfield-michigan-synagogue-99884aa558523928953bf5d31018c150?__vfz=medium%3Dstandalone_top_pages

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.

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xerxes@piefed.social · 22 pts · 187d (1 reply)

Seems the attacker had family members recently killed by Israel https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2032204336244171027

Unfortunate we have to face local blowback for a war no one but Israel wanted in a region that has nothing to do with us.

Maeve@kbin.earth · 6 pts · 187d

OMG, that family had a GoFundMe

ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 11 pts · 187d

Thanks Netanyahu.  We owe it all to you. 

Lucky_777@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 187d (2 replies)

I don't agree with terrorism but damn. What a fucking idiot. If you wamt to actually hurt people, don't just drive your shitty Ford into a building and think something will happen.

saltesc@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 187d

They're just copying the things they see others do in their feeds.

mctoasterson@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 187d

CNN was reporting he had some kind of explosive material along with him. So maybe he expected it to go off but didn't.

emmanuel_car@fedia.io · 5 pts · 186d

“Thankfully, we have had many active shooter drills and our staff is prepared for these situations,” she said.

Christ that’s grim.

BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 187d (2 replies)
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harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 187d (1 reply)
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Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 187d
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Arancello@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 187d
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Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 187d

Did he even fire a shot? I mean Michigan is pretty open carry friendly.