00:01A man armed with a rifle who rammed his vehicle into a major synagogue in Michigan was shot dead
00:07by security on Thursday. No deaths or injuries were reported other than one security officer
00:14who was hit by the vehicle but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
00:19The vehicle caught fire after being driven into the Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield
00:24Township. Footage from the scene showed dozens of police vehicles surrounding the building.
00:31The spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security identified the assailant as Ayman
00:36Mohamed Ghazali, who was born in Lebanon, came to Detroit in 2011 on a visa granted to spouses of
00:43U.S. citizens and became a U.S. citizen himself in 2016. The FBI will investigate the incident as
00:50a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community, but law enforcement has not yet
00:56publicly detailed a motive.
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