New details revealed about Michigan synagogue attacker. What we know
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Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, of Dearborn Heights, was identified as the suspect who on March 12 rammed his truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Officials are still piecing together why a 41-year-old man attacked Michigan’s largest synagogue as the public learns more from the FBI and local faith leaders.
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, of Dearborn Heights, was identified as the suspect who on March 12 rammed his truck into Temple Israel’s entrance in West Bloomfield. After a gunfight with security guards, Ghazali died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, FBI Detroit Field Office Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Runyan told reporters March 13. There were no injuries to synagogue members, including children at preschool, though Ghazali hit one security guard with his truck.
Days after the attack, FBI Detroit issued its timeline, which said Ghazali shot himself amid a gun battle.
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Meanwhile, local officials and religious leaders said Ghazali’s family died in a recent Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon as the United States and Israel continue their war with Iran.
Clergy and staff members at the temple had just undergone FBI-led active-shooter training in January, according to the bureau's Detroit field office.
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