Michigan synagogue car-ramming suspect bought $2,000 worth of fireworks before attack
NBC News
Two days before federal authorities say Ayman Mohamad Ghazali carried out an antisemitic terror attack at a synagogue outside Detroit on Thursday, the car-ramming suspect allegedly walked out of a fireworks store with over $2,000 worth of explosives
Two days before federal authorities say Ayman Mohamad Ghazali carried out an antisemitic terror attack at a synagogue outside Detroit on Thursday, the car-ramming suspect allegedly walked out of a fireworks store with over $2,000 worth of explosives.
Speaking exclusively with NBC News, Phantom Fireworks said that a person who registered as Ayman Ghazali visited one of the company’s Detroit-area stores on March 10 at approximately 1:39 p.m., spending about 45 minutes inside.
Two days later, Ghazali allegedly rammed a pickup truck into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, setting off a fire at the building where a preschool attended by more than 100 children was in session, officials said. Police did not confirm to NBC News the make and model of the pickup truck. None of the children or staff members were injured.
Officials did not mention what caused the fire, but investigators found in the vehicle multiple gas canisters and consumer mortar tubes that would be used to launch fireworks, according to two senior officials briefed on the investigation.
The fireworks purchase was one of several facts about Ghazali's background leading up to the attack that came into focus on Friday.
In a wide-ranging interview, President Donald Trump said he’s not ready to make a deal to end the war with Iran, despite Iran’s willingness to do so.
President Donald Trump told NBC News on Saturday that he’s still mulling a potential endorsement in the competitive Republican primary for a Senate seat in Texas.Sen.
To girls without much money, who needed help with college or a career, visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch felt like being at an exclusive resort.
A rare source of bipartisanship has broken out in state capitols across the country: tackling data centers.
Sen. Mike Lee has an online army pressuring Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election bill, that President Donald Trump declared his top priority.
Powell said the threatened indictment was related to his testimony before the Senate in June about the renovation of Federal Reserve office buildings.
Two days before federal authorities say Ayman Mohamad Ghazali carried out an antisemitic terror attack at a synagogue outside Detroit on Thursday, the car-ramming suspect allegedly walked out of a fireworks store with over $2,000 worth of explosives
Old Dominion University students fought back against a gunman who broke into an ROTC classroom and opened fire, with one of the pupils stabbing the attacker, law enforcement officials said Friday
The White House’s video Friday began with a brief clip from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
ICE is not supposed to detain children for longer than 20 days under a decades-old court settlement. The Trump administration has routinely violated that limit.
How the war in Iran is going, and what the ultimate goal is, depends on the day, the hour and which administration official is speaking at that moment
The gunman who opened fire on an Old Dominion University classroom was previously convicted of supporting ISIS and, according to court documents, was on probation for that terrorism-related charge when he carried out Thursday’s deadly attack
The Senate passed a bill Thursday aimed at boosting the supply of housing and bringing down prices, marking a rare bipartisan breakthrough on a major issue.