
A 41-year-old naturalised United States citizen was reported dead after allegedly ramming his car into the Temple Israel Synagogue located in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday, 12 March. The armed suspect was identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who was born in Lebanon but migrated to the US in 2011.
According to authorities, Ghazali drove his vehicle through the doors of the Temple Israel synagogue and then onto a hallway before it caught fire. It was added that security personnel opened fire on the 41-year-old as he approached the temple and then proceeded to confront him inside, BBC News reported.