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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> | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was the 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.[1]
The shooter was a White supremacist racist[2] conspiracy-theorist who blamed Jews, as a whole, for immigration. Before he opened fire he shouted, “All Jews must die.”[3] He was also a a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss.[4]
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.[5]
The shooting was the largest mass killing based on antisemitism in the US.
References
- ↑ Oppenheimer, Mark. Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood. United States: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2021.
- ↑ Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Three Years Later: Resources from ADL’s Center on Extremism. ADL. Oct 28, 2021
- ↑ The conspiracy theory that led to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, explained. Oct 28, 2018
- ↑ Pittsburgh shooter a fan of sites that love Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss. EoZ. November 15, 2018
- ↑ Pittsburgh synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die, criminal complaint says. CNN, Oct 28, 2018