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The Israeli embassy employees were killed in Washington, DC: What we know so far …
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Two employees of the Israeli embassy were killed while they were leaving.
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Washington police chief Pamela Smith A man who shot a group of four people with a pistol said, and hit both victims. He was seen walking outside the museum before the shooting
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The suspect was initially identified as Elias Rodriguez, who is 30 years old, from Chicago, and the authorities said he had no previous contact with the police. Smith claimed that he shouted “Palestine free, free” after his detention
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He said that the victim’s life “was brief because of a heinous killer hostile to Semitism.”
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US President Donald Trump The killings were described as “terrible” and “clearly dependent on anti -Semitism”, saying, “Hate and radicalism has no place in the United States.”
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Yechiel LeiterThe Israeli Ambassador to the United States told reporters that the two victims were a young couple who were appointed to participate
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Reuters spoke to Rabbi Levi ShimetovWho was at the scene, and told Al -Anbaa that the two victims attended the Washington synagogue at times. “It is very sad to see that instead of these people come to the final celebration of their lives – they were about to engage – they were shot in the street just because of those they are.”
Below is a copy of part of the briefing earlier by the Washington police chief Pamela Smith. The media told:
At approximately 9.08 pm tonight, we received several calls to shoot in the 3rd ST and F St Nw. The officers have identified a male adult and adults, unconscious and do not breathe at the scene. DC Fire and EMS responded, and despite all efforts to save life, both victims surrendered to their injuries.
The initial investigation indicates that both victims were coming out of the Jewish Capitol Museum, located in the mass of 500 of Saint NW, when the shooting occurred.
We believe that the shooting was committed by one suspect in the reservation. Before the shooting, it was noted that the suspect was going back and forth outside the museum. He approached a group of four people who produced a pistol and opened the fire, and hit each of our Mofin.
After the shooting, the suspect entered the museum and detained the security of the event. Once it reached the handcuffs, the suspect set the place where he was ignored, and this weapon was recovered, and he guaranteed that he committed the crime.
The suspect chanted, “Palestine is free, free” during the reservation. The suspect was initially identified as Elias Rodriguez, 30, from Chicago, Illinois.
The Israeli embassy employees were killed in Washington, DC: What we know so far …
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Two employees of the Israeli embassy were killed while they were leaving.
-
Washington police chief Pamela Smith A man who shot a group of four people with a pistol said, and hit both victims. He was seen walking outside the museum before the shooting
-
The suspect was initially identified as Elias Rodriguez, who is 30 years old, from Chicago, and the authorities said he had no previous contact with the police. Smith claimed that he shouted “Palestine free, free” after his detention
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He said that the victim’s life “was brief because of a heinous killer hostile to Semitism.”
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US President Donald Trump The killings were described as “terrible” and “clearly dependent on anti -Semitism”, saying, “Hate and radicalism has no place in the United States.”
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Yechiel LeiterThe Israeli Ambassador to the United States told reporters that the two victims were a young couple who were appointed to participate
The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Germany expressed the death of two faculty members of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, on Wednesday evening, according to Reuters.
“Nothing can justify anti -Semitic violence. I was shocked by the mysterious killing of employees at the Israeli embassy in #Washington,” Johan Wadiol wrote on social media.
Netanyahu blames fire on “land incitement” against Israel
His office said in a post on X.
The statement said that he spoke with Israeli Ambassador Yichil Letter and American Prosecutor Bam Bondi. The statement added:
We are witnessing the terrible price of anti -Semitism and land incitement against the state of Israel. The blood rises against Israel in the blood and should be done to the bitter end.
He said that security in embassies around the world and Israeli representatives will be increased.
The Jewish Capital Museum said in a statement that it is “very sad and frightening because of the meaningless violence outside the museum this evening,” the Jewish Capital Museum said in a statement.
CNN reported that the American Jewish Committee (AJC) was holding an event for young Jewish professionals on the night that the shooting occurred.
The “reception of young diplomats”, which was sold Eventbrite page As “our biggest event in the year, it brings together young Jewish professionals (between the ages of 22 and 45 years) and the diplomatic community.”
It was organized by Access, the AJC section for young professionals and the subject is “converting pain into purpose”.
Police chief Pamela, Smith, said earlier that the two -spouses, the Israeli embassy staff, were leaving an event.
The police appointed the alleged shooter in the name of Elias Rodriguez, 30, from Chicago.
This map shows the location of the Jewish Museum, the capital, and its proximity to the White House and the Capitol building:
Here are some pictures of the shooting scene:
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The Australian Jewish Executive Council says it is “terrified” with dual killing outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, describing it as “an act of anti -Semitic terrorism.”
In a statement, council president Daniel Agagyoun and co -chief co -chairman Alex Revchene said:
“Our sympathy for the families of the dead, with the Israeli diplomatic corps and the American Jewish community. We hope that justice will be fast and decisive.”
