The U.S. Department of Justice on the 22nd filed criminal charges against the suspect in the shooting death of two Israeli embassy staff members in the United States, with charges including the murder of foreign officials.
Prosecutors in the case told the media that more charges might be added as authorities continue to investigate the case as a hate crime and terrorist incident targeting the Jewish community.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Piro, stated that anti-Semitism is absolutely intolerable, and there is zero tolerance in the capital region.
On the evening of the 21st, two staff members of the Israeli embassy in the United States were shot dead near the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. U.S. police stated the suspect is 30-year-old Rodriguez from Chicago, Illinois, who has been arrested.
U.S. President Trump posted on social media saying, “These horrific killings in Washington were evidently based on anti-Semitism and must end.”