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Rabbi threw chair at Texas synagogue gunman before escaping; FBI casts standoff as terrorism

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 John Bacon and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY Comments Off

A rabbi who endured a standoff at a Texas synagogue said he and other hostages fled after he threw a chair at the assailant, Malik Faisal Akram.

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Pittsburgh shooting suspect Robert Bowers wanted ‘to kill Jews’

October 28, 2018 John Bacon and Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY Comments Off

The names of the 11 victims killed by a gunman at a Pittsburgh synagogue were released Sunday as the investigators workedto uncover details of Saturday’s bloodbath.