{"id":18063,"date":"2018-10-27T21:52:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T21:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldsnews.com\/worlds\/pittsburgh-shooting-multiple-casualties-at-squirrel-hill-synagogue\/33"},"modified":"2018-10-27T21:52:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T21:52:33","slug":"pittsburgh-shooting-multiple-casualties-at-squirrel-hill-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/?p=18063","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh shooting: Multiple casualties at Squirrel Hill synagogue"},"content":{"rendered":"
Image copyright Google Image caption The Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh <\/p>\n

Reports say he barricaded himself in a room at the synagogue when police approached.<\/p>\n

Emergency services arrived at the building at about 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT), and gunshots could be heard.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh’s Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich later confirmed Mr Bowers was in police custody and was being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n

The crime scene was “horrific”, he told reporters. “One of the worst I’ve seen, and I’ve [worked] on some plane crashes. It’s very bad,” he added. <\/p>\n

He said that two officers were injured in an “initial confrontation” and that a further two Swat officers were later hurt by the gunman when they entered the building. He said that no children were among the casualties. <\/p>\n

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Officers cordon off the area outside the synagogue <\/p>\n

What do we know about the gunman?<\/h2>\n

US media said he had shouted “All Jews must die” as he carried out the attack.<\/p>\n

Social media posts by someone with the name Robert Bowers were also reported to be full of anti-Semitic comments.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh FBI’s special agent in charge of the investigation, Bob Jones, told a press conference that he did not know if Mr Bowers was known to authorities prior to events on Saturday. <\/p>\n

He said that any motive remains unknown but that authorities believe he was acting alone. <\/p>\n

Mr Jones added that the investigation was “in the early stages”. “We will look at every aspect of the suspect’s life,” he said. <\/p>\n

Mr Bowers is receiving treatment for what has been described as multiple gunshot wounds. <\/p>\n

What has been President Trump’s reaction?<\/h2>\n

He called the shooting a “terrible, terrible thing”. <\/p>\n

“To see this happen again and again, for so many years, it’s just a shame,” he told reporters on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He described the gunman as a “maniac” and suggested the US should “stiffen up our laws of the death penalty”.<\/p>\n

“These people should pay the ultimate price. This has to stop,” he said. <\/p>\n

Gun control around the world Fight or flight: Would you tackle a gunman? <\/p>\n

Mr Trump added that the incident had “little to do” with US gun laws. “If they had protection inside, maybe it could have been a different situation,” he said.<\/p>\n

The president later appeared at the Future Farmers of America Convention in Indianapolis, saying: “There must be no tolerance for anti-Semitism. It must be condemned and confronted everywhere and anywhere it appears.” <\/p>\n

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Other world leaders to condemn the attack include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said he was “heartbroken and appalled”.<\/p>\n

“We stand together with the American people in the face of this horrendous anti-Semitic brutality,” he said in a video message.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country’s hearts “are with the Jewish community in Pittsburgh today”. <\/p>\n

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “We all have to stand up against anti-Semitism, everywhere.” <\/p>\n

The New York Police Department said it had deployed officers to synagogues throughout the city as a precaution. <\/p>\n

Image copyright NYPDCT Image caption Armed police are guarding synagogues in New York <\/p>\n

The BBC’s Dan Johnson in Washington says the shootings come at a tense time in the US, after a week in which mail bombs were sent to critics of Mr Trump, ahead of crucial mid-term elections next month.<\/p>\n

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