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An attacker armed with a rifle was killed after ramming his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues Thursday in what federal investigators said was an act of violence targeting the Jewish community.
The suspect in Thursday’s attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, has been identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the name and provided details of Ghazali’s immigration history,
It was not immediately clear if anyone had been injured, though smoke could be seen pouring from the building.
A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township and was fatally shot by security, the AP has learned.
The synagogue, located near the intersection of Walnut Lake and Drake roads, serves a large congregation and also operates a preschool.
A shooter was reported at a synagogue with a preschool in the heart of the Detroit metro area’s Jewish community on Thursday. Law enforcement confirmed to multiple media outlets that the incident involved an active shooter and a car driven into the building at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield,