Temple Israel, Detroit and synagogue attack
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A suspect in an attack on a synagogue in the Detroit area is dead after ramming a vehicle into the building and being confronted by synagogue security, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said.
Two days before federal authorities say Ayman Mohamad Ghazali carried out an antisemitic terror attack at a Detroit-area synagogue on Thursday, the car-ramming suspect allegedly walked out of a fireworks store with over $2,
Clergy and staff members at the temple had just undergone FBI-led active-shooter training in January, according to the bureau's Detroit field office.
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Surveillance video shows Detroit-area synagogue attacker buying $2,250 in fireworks days earlier
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali made two purchases at a Phantom Fireworks store in Livonia, Michigan. He told the store staff the fireworks were for the end of Ramadan.
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A Lebanese-born man who had learned a week earlier that four of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in his native country, waited in his car outside a Detroit-area synagogue for two hours before ramming into the building.
Jennifer Runyan, FBI Detroit's special agent in charge, said only one person was involved in the incident and confirmed that the person is deceased. His identity and motive are unknown.