A gunman killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue during Saturday-morning services in what the Anti-Defamation League called "likely the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the United States.”
Law enforcement officials said Robert Bowers — a 46-year-old man with a history of making virulently anti-Semitic statements online — was taken into custody after a gun battle with police and is expected to face federal hate crime charges.
“Justice in this case will be swift and it will be severe,” said Scott W. Brady, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Brady said Bowers could be charged sometime Saturday for what he called a “terrible and unspeakable act of hate."
Authorities described a rampage at the Tree of Life synagogue, the city’s oldest Jewish congregation, that was stunning in its savagery.
David Baddiel Verified account @Baddiel 18m18 minutes ago
Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh terrorist, was an active blue-ticked poster of hate on here. His actions are the culmination of sustained and out of control online anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. This technology needs to find a way of curbing it, before more die.
Nathan Brown
Bet it was a pissed off MOSSAD agent getting his revenge and shot him in the back of the police car.
