Two members of the Israeli embassy staff in Washington were shot dead on Wednesday night near a Jewish museum, according to the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, through the social network X. The author of the shooting, which has been arrested, shouted “free Palestine”, according to the head of the Washington Police. The authorities consider it a hate crime.
“Two employees of the Israeli embassy have been killed without meaning tonight near the Jewish Museum of Washington DC we are actively investigating and working to get more information to share. Please, pray for the families of the victims. We will take this depraved murderer before justice,” Noem wrote.
Noem announced the deaths after the shooting outside the Jewish Capital Museum, officially Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, located near the FBI local office in the capital of the country, and where an event was held. The United States Attorney General Pam Bondi said he was at the scene with former Jeanine Pirro, who serves as a federal prosecutor in Washington. “I am in the place of the horrible shooting that occurred in front of the Jewish Museum of Washington”, “we pray for the victims of this violence while we work for more information,” he added.
The mayor of Washington, the police chief of the Federal Capital and the head of the FBI office have appeared in a press conference towards midnight (the 6.00 in peninsular Spain). They have explained that the shooting occurred at 9:00 p.m. and that the alleged author is stopped.
“The mortal shooting that took place outside the event held in the Jewish Museum of Washington DC is a depraved act of anti -Semitic terrorism,” “Attempting against the Jewish community is to cross a red line. We trust that the US authorities will take energetic measures against those responsible for this criminal act. Israel will continue to act with determination to protect its citizens and representatives worldwide,” he added.
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