Pittsburgh synagogue suspect charged as US mourns anti-Semitic attack
A man suspected of bursting into a Pittsburgh synagogue during a baby-naming ceremony and gunning down 11 people has been charged with murder, in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent US history. The suspect, identified as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, reportedly yelled "All Jews must die" as he sprayed bullets into the Tree of Life synagogue during Sabbath services on Saturday before exchanging fire with police, in an attack that also wounded six people. He was taken into custody and transferred to hospital before being charged with 11 counts of using a firearm to commit murder and 11 counts of obstructing the exercise of religion resulting in death. President Donald Trump denounced "a wicked act of mass murder", while his daughter Ivanka, a convert to Judaism, declared: "America is stronger than the acts of a depraved bigot and anti-Semite." "This evil anti-Semitic attack is an assault on all of us," Trump told supporters at an election rally in Illinois, where he drew loud che...
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