Two workers of the Israeli embassy were killed in Washington
Suspected is in custody.
Washington. At the Jewish Museum in Washington, two workers of the Israeli embassy were shot.
On Thursday morning, it was written by news agencies referring to the US Secretary of Home Security Kristi Noah.
The police later announced that she had placed the suspect in custody, and after the arrest, he said he chanted the slogans of free Palestine.
For hatred and radicalism there is no place in the United States, he responded US President Donald Trump.
They arrested the suspect
« Two employees of the Israeli Embassy were unreasonably killed in Washington tonight (Wednesday evening – CTK) in Washington.
According to Reuters, the victim is a woman and a man and shooting took place near the Jewish museum, where the event was held on Wednesday evening, as well as offices of the Federal Investigation Office (FBI).
According to the head of the Washington police, Pamla Smith, the couple was just leaving the museum event when she became a target of shooting.
Police detained a man she identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez. Suspected in custody chanted « Free PalestineFree Palestine, « Smith said according to Reuters.
According to AP, she said that the man entered the museum after shooting and was detained by the security guard.
Red line crossing
« These terrible murders in Washington, apparently based on anti -Semitism, must end. North! There is no place in the US for hatred and radicalism.
Israeli President Yicchak Herzog expressed dismay in connection with the tragedy.
« I am terrified of scenes in Washington DC. This is a condemnable act of hatred, anti -Semitism that required the lives of two young co -workers of the Israeli embassy, » Herzog said in a statement.
« We are standing on the side of the Jewish community in Washington IV to the whole US, » he added.
The United States and Israel will be united in the defense of the Israeli nation and common values. « Terror and hatred will not break us, » he said.
Israeli envoy at the UN Danny Danon described the shooting as « a spoiled act of anti -Semitic terrorism ».
« The harm of the Jewish community is a crossing of the Red Line. We are convinced that US authorities will take vigorous steps against the persons responsible for this crime, » he wrote on the X Israeli diplomat.
