After the fatal attack on two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, the alleged perpetrator was accused of murder. The suspect threatens the death penalty.
Crime is also investigated as a hate crime and as a possible act of terrorism, therefore, further charges can be added, said the sitting public prosecutor for the American capital, Jeanine Pirro.
The public prosecutor accuses the alleged perpetrator of Elias R. for killing the German-Israelis Yaron Lischinsky murder of a foreign representative. Moreover, because of the fatal shots on Lischinsky and his partner Sarah Milgrim murder is accused of the first degree in two cases. He must also answer violations of arms laws. According to Pirro, the judge has established a hearing in the case before 18 June.
Propalestine slogan after arrest
According to a document of the indictment, the alleged shooter justifies with the support of the Palestinians in the middle East. He said to a police officer: “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza (…).” When the police led him, he called: “Free Palestine” (German: “Freed Palestine”). This came from a statement from the investigative FBI agent.
21 cartridges secured
Video -recordings of surveillance cameras show how the alleged perpetrator fired different shots on the two victims, as the public prosecutor said. After the two had been brought to the ground, he continued to fire from the vicinity – even when one of the victims tried to drag away. “Researchers have protected a gun of the caliber 9 millimeters and 21 used cartridges used on the spot.”
According to the authorities, the suspect comes from Chicago and only came to Washington on the day before crime. His gun, which he bought in his home in Illinois in 2020, was well registered and checked in for his flight. In the first hours after the crime, the authorities described him as a 30-year-old, but according to the indictment he is 31 years old.
FBI Baas Patel sees act of terrorism
The fatal attack had caused great horror. According to the Israeli ambassador in Washington, the young man and the young woman were a few who was about to do. The head of the American federal police FBI, Kash Patel, rated the fatal attack in a post on the Platform X as a “terrorist act”. He wrote: “The terrorist act of last night has the full attention of the FBI.” He emphasized that “targeted anti -semitic violence” was an attack on the basic values of the country and was strictly punished.
The act of Washington was done against the background of the war between Israel and Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. This started in October 2023 with a devastating Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. Israel is now internationally criticized internationally because of the military approach and the terrible humanitarian situation in the largely destroyed and liberated coastal strip.
Source: Krone
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