97-year-old holocaust survivor and married couple in 80s among synagogue shooting victims
Hate crime charges have been filed against the man who killed 11 people at Jewish synagogue over the weekend.
Six people were also injured, among them four police officers, in the attack on the synagogue in the Squirrel Hill district.
The victims include a 97-year-old holocaust survivor and a married couple in their 80s.
The suspect has been named as Robert Bowers. He is in fair condition in hospital.
Mr Bowers has posted anti-Semitic content on social network Gab under the username “onedingo”.
On Saturday morning, he criticised refugee aid group Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and said he could not “sit by and watch my people get slaughtered”.
“Screw your optics, I’m going in,” he wrote.
In earlier posts, he attacked US President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” (Maga) slogan, as well as the Jewish community.
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