The Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, PA.
The gunman who opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday morning (local time), killing 11 and injuring six more, has been named as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, a Trump-hating antisemite who regularly complained on social media about the president and “the infestation” of Jews.
Bowers, who professed his disdain for President Trump on social media as he spewed vile antisemitism an hour before Saturday’s attack, opened fire at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh shortly before 10am.
Less than an hour after posting the threat: “I’m going in” on the social media site Gab.
He was enraged by HIAS, the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society which helps Jewish migrants settle in the US, which he accused of bringing ‘invaders in that kill our people’.
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