Live-Updates: Verdächtiger tot, nachdem Fahrzeug in Synagoge im Raum Detroit gerammt wurde, sagt Sheriff

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• A suspect is dead after ramming a vehicle into a Detroit-area synagogue today, Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. The incident happened at Temple Israel, which includes an early childcare center and school, in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

• Emergency responders found what appeared to be a large amount of explosives in the back of the vehicle, according to law enforcement officials briefed on the scene.

• After the vehicle hit the building, security opened gunfire, killing the suspect, Bouchard said. A security guard was hit by the vehicle but is expected to recover, the sheriff said.

• Against the backdrop of wars in the Middle East, antisemitism has surged globally, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The incident in Michigan comes amid a succession of attacks on members of the Jewish community in the US, and Jewish institutions such as synagogues and schools have implemented tighter security systems.

In the area of the the country with a high Muslim population that has a history of doing/saying highly contentious things.

Nobody saw this coming. Religion of peace strikes again.