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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting (view source)
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2018 anti-Semitic terrorist attack in the United States, 11 worshippers were murdered.
2018 anti-Semitic terrorist attack in the United States, 11 worshippers were murdered.
The mass shooting and anti-Semitic hate crime on October 27, 2018, occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.
The mass shooting and anti-Semitic hate crime on October 27, 2018, occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref>Oppenheimer, Mark. ''Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood''. United States: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2021.</ref>
The shooter was a [[White supremacist]] [[racism| racist]]<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/article/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-three-years-later-resources-adls-center-extremism Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Three Years Later: Resources from ADL’s Center on Extremism]. ADL. Oct 28, 2021</ref> conspiracy-theorist who blamed Jews, as a whole, for immigration. Before he opened fire he shouted, “All Jews must die.”<ref>[https://www.vox.com/2018/10/29/18037580/pittsburgh-shooter-anti-semitism-racist-jewish-caravan The conspiracy theory that led to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, explained]. Oct 28, 2018</ref> He was also a a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, [[Max Blumenthal]], Mondoweiss.<ref>[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/11/pittsburgh-shooter-fan-of-sites-that.html Pittsburgh shooter a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss. EoZ. November 15, 2018]</ref>
The shooter was a [[White supremacist]] [[racism| racist]]<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/article/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-three-years-later-resources-adls-center-extremism Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Three Years Later: Resources from ADL’s Center on Extremism]. ADL. Oct 28, 2021</ref> conspiracy-theorist who blamed Jews, as a whole, for immigration. Before he opened fire he shouted, “All Jews must die.”<ref>[https://www.vox.com/2018/10/29/18037580/pittsburgh-shooter-anti-semitism-racist-jewish-caravan The conspiracy theory that led to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, explained]. Oct 28, 2018</ref> He was also a a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, [[Max Blumenthal]], Mondoweiss.<ref>[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/11/pittsburgh-shooter-fan-of-sites-that.html Pittsburgh shooter a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss. EoZ. November 15, 2018]</ref>
Robert Jones, the FBI special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh office, called the shooting “the most horrific crime scene” he'd witnessed in 22 years with bureau.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/28/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting Pittsburgh synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die, criminal complaint says]. CNN, Oct 28, 2018</ref>
The shooting was the largest mass killing based on [[antisemitism]] in the US.
The shooting was the largest mass killing based on [[antisemitism]] in the US.