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FBI Investigates Targeted Attack on Michigan Synagogue

3/14/2026

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Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old Lebanese-born naturalized United States citizen, attacked Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Security personnel shot Ghazali dead after injuring a guard, and about 140 children were present but unharmed.
The FBI is investigating the incident as a targeted act against the Jewish community, and the motive remains undetermined.
Ghazali entered the United States on an immigrant visa in 2011 and became a citizen in 2016.

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Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old Lebanese-born naturalized United States citizen, attacked Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Security personnel shot Ghazali dead after injuring a guard, and about 140 children were present but unharmed.
The FBI is investigating the incident as a targeted act against the Jewish community, and the motive remains undetermined.
Ghazali entered the United States on an immigrant visa in 2011 and became a citizen in 2016.