arista
22-05-2025, 03:52 AM
[Two Israeli embassy staff were killed
outside a Jewish museum in downtown
Washington DC, according to
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The victims, a man and woman,
were shot while exiting an event at the
Capital Jewish Museum,
sources told the BBC's news partner CBS,
adding that the incident appears targeted.
The shooting happened at 21:05 local time
around 3rd and F Streets NW, an area with
numerous tourist sites, museums
and government buildings,
including an FBI's Washington field office.
Reports indicate that multiple employees
of the Israeli embassy were at a museum
event at the time of the shooting.
"We are actively investigating and working to
get more information to share,"
Noem posted on X.
"Please pray for the families of the victims.
We will bring this depraved perpetrator to justice."
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations
called the incident a "depraved act of
anti-Semitic terrorism".
"Harming diplomats and the Jewish
community is crossing a red line,"
Ambassador Danny Danon wrote on X.
"We are confident that the US authorities
will take strong action against those
responsible for this criminal act."]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vgrkdje1ro
outside a Jewish museum in downtown
Washington DC, according to
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The victims, a man and woman,
were shot while exiting an event at the
Capital Jewish Museum,
sources told the BBC's news partner CBS,
adding that the incident appears targeted.
The shooting happened at 21:05 local time
around 3rd and F Streets NW, an area with
numerous tourist sites, museums
and government buildings,
including an FBI's Washington field office.
Reports indicate that multiple employees
of the Israeli embassy were at a museum
event at the time of the shooting.
"We are actively investigating and working to
get more information to share,"
Noem posted on X.
"Please pray for the families of the victims.
We will bring this depraved perpetrator to justice."
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations
called the incident a "depraved act of
anti-Semitic terrorism".
"Harming diplomats and the Jewish
community is crossing a red line,"
Ambassador Danny Danon wrote on X.
"We are confident that the US authorities
will take strong action against those
responsible for this criminal act."]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vgrkdje1ro