The police mentioned the only suspect in the fatal shooting on Wednesday evening of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington, DC.
The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez, 30, from Chicago, was observed before the shooting outside the capital Jewish museum outside the capital.
He reportedly entered the institution after killing and was held by the safety of events, said Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith, but not before he shouted: “Free, free Palestine” as he was arrested, as Breitbart News reported.
The police have mentioned Elias Rodriguez (30) from Chicago as the only suspect in the Washington, DC, shooting .. (Mehmet Yaren Bozgun/Anadolu via Getty)
AP report It was not immediately clear whether Rodriguez had a lawyer who could respond on his behalf.
A telephone number mentioned in public registers went unanswered.
“These terrible DC murders, clearly based on anti -Semitism, must now end!” President Donald Trump posted early on Thursday on social media in response to the shooting.
“Hate and radicalism have no place in the US.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that safety would now be increased at Israeli embassies around the world.
“I instructed to improve the security regulations at Israeli missions around the world and to increase the protection for state representatives,” he said.
“We witness the terrible price of anti -Semitism and the wild encouraging against the state of Israel.”
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