FBI launches probe into man who rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue
發佈日期: 2026-03-13 21:31
TVB News
In the US, an attacker armed with a rifle was killed after ramming his vehicle into one of the largest Reform synagogues in Michigan.
The FBI called the incident a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.
The attacker has been identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old naturalised US citizen born in Lebanon. Ghazali came to the US in 2011 on an immediate relative visa as the spouse of a US citizen and was granted US citizenship in 2016.
Investigators have however, not yet determined his motive.
In the suburban Detroit township of West Bloomfield, authorities credited quick action by well-trained synagogue security personnel for preventing any loss of life at Temple Israel and its daycare centre, other than that of the attacker.
One security officer was hit by the vehicle and knocked unconscious but did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
West Bloomfield Police said Temple security officers "engaged the individual and neutralised the threat." They said he was found dead inside his vehicle.
All 140 children were safely evacuated from the preschool and accounted for.
30 law enforcement officers were taken to hospital suffering from inhalation of smoke that filled the synagogue from a fire of undetermined origin that erupted when the suspect's truck plowed into the building. The FBI is now leading an investigation into the attack.
Jennifer Runyan, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit field office, called the incident a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.
"This is a deeply disturbing and tragic incident, and our deepest sympathies are with the victims, their family, and the entire Jewish community. The FBI is here working with our state, local, and federal partners to investigate this incident, and I can confirm that we are leading the investigation, right now, as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community."
Antisemitic incidents have spiked in recent years in the US, with anti-Jewish incidents accounting for nearly two-thirds of 5,300-plus religiously motivated hate crimes since February 2024, according to FBI data.
