Showing posts with label synagogue shooting. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting: Gunman Gets Death Penalty

THE GUARDIAN: Robert Bowers perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in US history after killing 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018

A jury has imposed the death penalty on a man who spewed antisemitic hate before fatally shooting 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community.

Truck driver Robert Bowers, 50, perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. Bowers defiled a place of worship when he entered the Tree of Life synagogue on 27 October 2018, and opened fire with an AR-15 rifle, shooting everyone he could find in a mass murder clearly motivated by religious hatred. » | Guardian staff | Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Aux Etats-Unis, l’auteur de la tuerie antisémite de Pittsburgh en 2018 condamné à la peine de mort : Robert Bowers avait tué 11 personnes le 27 octobre 2018 dans la synagogue Tree of Life. Il s’agit de l’attaque la plus meurtrière contre des juifs dans l’histoire des Etats-Unis. »