US EditionFBI investigating Israeli Embassy staffers’ slayings as ‘act of terror’
- Elias Rodriguez, a 30-year-old man from Chicago, is accused of fatally shooting a pair of Israeli Embassy employees on Wednesday evening at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
- Rodriguez entered the museum during an event featuring leaders from 30 embassies and was detained after chanting "Free, free Palestine," with authorities suspecting he acted alone.
- The victims, Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli research assistant, and Sarah Milgrim, an American embassy employee, were preparing to get engaged with Lischinsky having purchased a ring this week.
- On Thursday morning, FBI agents conducted a raid on Rodriguez’s residence in Chicago, deploying around 10 marked vehicles and armed personnel, while his employer AOIA denounced the "horrific crime" and expressed their willingness to assist with the investigation.
- The shooting drew condemnation from groups like CAIR and calls for equitable attention to all victims of violence amid ongoing regional conflicts, highlighting complex political tensions involved.
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FBI investigating Israeli Embassy staffers’ slayings as ‘act of terror’
The FBI is investigating the shooting of two Israeli Embassy aides outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night as an “act of terror,” according to law enforcement.
Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Outside D.C. Museum; FBI Calls It Terrorism
Two Israeli Embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., in a targeted act of terrorism, and the shooter, Elias Rodriguez, was apprehended and implied he committed the offense while in custody. The post Israeli Embassy Staffers Fatally Shot Outside D.C. Museum; FBI Calls It Terrorism appeared first on The Washington Informer.
FBI Director Calls Slaying Of Israeli Embassy Staffers An ‘Act Of Terror’
FBI Director Kash Patel called the Wednesday night killings of Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgram, 26, an “act of terror” and vowed to pursue justice with “the full weight of federal law enforcement.”Lischinsky and Milgram, who were about to be engaged to be married, were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., which was hosting a Young Diplomats Reception for young Jewish professionals. T…
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