Officials said that two employees at the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, were shot dead outside the Jewish capital museum in the province on Wednesday evening.
Washington police chief Pamela Smith said at a press conference that the suspect was detained. It was identified as Elias Rodriguez, from Chicago.
The United Nations ambassador to the United Nations described the incident as “a corrupt act of anti -Semitic terrorism.”
Smith said the victims were coming out of the museum that was hosting an event, when they were shot at about 9 pm. Smith said that the man shouted “Palestine free and free” in the reservation and “implicitly” that he had committed the shooting.
Smith said that the man was going back and forth outside the museum when he approached a group of four and opened the fire using a pistol. Then he entered the museum, where the security detained him.
President Donald Trump condemned violence.
“These terrible killings, which clearly depend on anti -Semitism, now! Hate and radicalism have no place in the United States. Participate on social media.
The officials criticized the shooting with the details of the details.
“Two Israeli embassy employees were killed tonight near the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC. We are actively investigating and working to obtain more information to participate. Please pray for the families of the victims,” He said on x.
Danny Donnon, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, He said on x, “Harming Jewish society crosses a red line.”
Public Prosecutor Pam Bondi He said on x It was at the scene. The prayers were offered to the victims.
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Cash Pateel The agency said He was working with the metro police to learn more and request prayers for the victims and their families.
“This is an other horrific example of the shooting of the anti -Semitism, as we know that it is very outsider in our society,” the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, Den. , It is a Jew, He said on x.
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