Murder system after an assassination attempt on Israeli embassy employees in Washington – Diepresse.com
The crime is also examined as a hate crime and as a possible act of terrorist, so there could be other charges. In the event of a conviction, the death penalty could threaten.
After the fatal attack on two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, the alleged perpetrator was charged with murder. The crime is also examined as a hate crime and as a possible act of terrorism, which is why further charges could be added, said the incumbent public prosecutor for the US capital, Jeanine Pirro. It is a crime that could be punished with the death penalty in the event of a conviction.
The public prosecutor accuses the alleged perpetrator of Elias R. for the killing of German-Israelis Yaron Lischinsky Murder of a foreign representative. In addition, because of the fatal shots on Lischinsky and his partner Sarah Milgrim Murder, he is accused of first degree in two cases. He also has to answer for violations of weapons laws. According to Pirro, the judge set a hearing in the case for June 18.
Propalestinian slogan after arrest
After his arrest, the alleged perpetrator chanted a propalestinian slogan (« Free, Free Palestine »). According to the authorities, he came from Chicago and only came to Washington on the day before the crime.
The fatal attack had triggered great horror. The young man and the young woman – a few shortly before the engagement – were shot after an event in the Jewish Museum in the US capital. The head of the US federal police FBI, Kash Patel, rated the fatal attack in a post on the platform X as a « terrorist act ». (APA/dpa)
