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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Jim Manzon

Lebanon-Born Man Attacks Michigan Synagogue; 140 Children Safe After Security Response

Ayman Ghazali drove into Temple Israel with a rifle before security, trained recently by the FBI, stopped him—saving all 140 children, staff, and teachers. (Credit: X)

A Lebanon-born man who lost two brothers and two nephews in an Israeli airstrike roughly 10 days ago rammed an explosives-laden truck into America's largest Reform synagogue on Thursday, where 140 children were inside an early childhood centre.

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, drove through the entrance of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, armed with a rifle, before security guards engaged and killed him. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed it is investigating the attack as a 'targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.'

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