On Wednesday evening, two employees of the Israeli embassy were shot when they left the event at the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, the police said.
According to the Chief of Metropolitan Police Pamela Smith, a victim, a man and a woman, were part of a group of four individuals who were based on the main Jewish museum as the suspect approached and started fire.
Elias Rodriguez, 30, from Chicago, was identified as suspicious. Before shooting he saw stimulation outside the museum, after the incident he entered the museum and detained the event, Smith added according to AP.
“We will not tolerate this violence or hatred”: Washington Mayor Muriel Bower
“In the coming days and weeks, we will be together as a community to send a clear message that we will not tolerate anti -Semitism. Many people in our city and our country will be terrified. I want to be clear that we will not tolerate this violence or hatred.”
“Israel will not give up terror”: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar
“The terrorist attack of this morning, in which two of our employees were murdered in Washington DC.
“I am destroyed by scenes in Washington DC. This is a contemptible act of hatred, anti -Semitism that claimed the lives of two young employees of the Israeli embassy. Our hearts are murdered with beloved and our immediate prayers are injured.
He added: “We stand with the Jewish community in DC and all over the US. America and Israel will be united in the defense of our people and our shared values. Terror and hatred will not break us.”
US President Donald J. Trump said in a social contribution that these “terrible killing” were based on anti -Semitism. He noted: “This terrible DC killing, of course based on anti -Semitism, must end, now! Hate and radicalism have no place in the US. Condemnation to families of victims. So sad that such things can happen! God bless you all!”
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