Two employees of the Israeli embassy in the United States were killed tonight at the Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday, May 21. The two victims, a man and a woman, had just attended an event inside the building when a man approached a group of four people and opened fire.
“These horrible murders in Washington, obviously motivated by anti -Semitism, must stop, now!” He reacts to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in his social social network, adding that “hate and radicalism” did not have their place in the United States. “
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Vio, in this attack, a “furious incentive” to violence against Israel and also ordered the strengthening of the security of Israeli representations in the world. For his part, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he was “devastated”, ensuring that “the United States and Israel will remain united to defend our common peoples and values”
• A suspect, who has sung “release, release Palestine”, arrested
A suspect, identified as Elias R., 30, from Chicago, was arrested by the police and put in police custody. A few minutes before the shooting, it was observed in the process of hundreds of steps outside the museum, said the head of the Metropolitan Police, Pamela Smith, during a press conference.
According to several witnesses interviewed by CNN, the man entered the museum after the shots resonated outside the building. “I approached him and asked him if he was fine, while he was constantly murmured” to call the police. “Then I asked him if he had been injured by the ball, and replied no,” said Paige Sieigl on American Television.
The man seemed to tremble, so much that many assumed that he was a passer -by or an eyewitness. But at the time of his arrest by the police, the individual began to sing “to free herself, free Palestine,” said the Head of the Metropolitan Police, Pamela Smith.
Placed in police custody, he was interrogated by the Washington Police, DC, as well as joint work groups on FBI terrorism.
“The first signals indicate that this is an act of directed violence,” said Dan Bongino de FBI, in X.
Despite the arrest of the suspect, the police do not believe that there is another threat that can weigh on the Jewish community. “We see nothing in his past that may have placed it under our radar,” said Pamela Smith at the press conference.
The FBI deputy director also indicated that researchers were examining the various elements collected in the crime scene, to determine the exact circumstances of this attack.
• The two victims were a couple
The two people killed on Wednesday night near the Jewish museum in Washington were called Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim. “They were in the flower of age. All the embassy staff is deeply upset and devastated by their murder,” said Israel’s embassy in the United States in X.
“Words cannot express the depth of our pain and horror in the face of this terrible loss,” he said.
According to CNN information, the young couple was about to commit. “The young man had bought a ring this week with the intention of asking his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem,” said Israel’s ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter on American television.
• The shooting out of a Jewish event
The mortal shooting took place the same night when the American Jewish committee organized an event for young Jewish professionals. The “Diplomatic Youth Reception” brought together young Jewish professionals from 22 to 45 years old, and the diplomatic community for a night dedicated to “the promotion of unity and the celebration of Jewish inheritance,” describes the El Site site.American Jewish Committee (AJC) by the event.
“We are devastated that there has been an act of indescribable violence outside the place. While we expect more police information about what happened, our attention and our thoughts go exclusively to the victims and their families,” said Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), in ABC News.
“This is an act of shocking violence and our community is more than always united tonight,” he said in a statement. “This hatred and violence should stop.”
• The “shock” on the side of the international community
This anti -Semitic attack quickly reacted to the international community. In France, the Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) expressed their “solidarity” to the families of Israeli victims and the members of AJC who organized the event, denouncing the “instrumentalization” of the situation in Gaza.
The Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, condemned this “hateful act of anti-Semitic barbarism” and supported the families of the victims, in the same way as President Emmanuel Macron.
According to BFMTV information, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau asked prefects to “harden security in symbolic places and communicate with representatives of the Jewish community.”
From London, British Foreign Minister David Lammy said he was “horrified” for the death of the two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, denouncing a “anti -Semitic” frightful “law.
Like the German Foreign Affairs Minister, Johann Wadephul, “shocked”, who denounced an “atrocious” crime. “Nothing can justify anti -symmetry violence. I am surprised by the atrocious murder of two employees of the Israel Embassy in Washington,” said Johann Wadephul.
Despite the support of European leaders, the head of Israeli diplomacy, Gideon Saar, accused European countries for being responsible for a “hate incentive” against the Israeli people. “There is a direct link between the incitement to anti -Semitic and Antiisraelí hatred, and this murder. This incentive is also the result of leaders and officials from many countries and international organizations, particularly in Europe,” said Gideon Saar during a press conference in Jerusalem.
Source: BFM TV
