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FBI investigating Michigan synagogue attack as ‘targeted act of violence against Jewish community’
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Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
An FBI official says it will investigate an attack on a synagogue near Detroit, Michigan, as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.”
Special agent in charge of the FBI’s Detroit field office Jennifer Runyan tells reporters “we are leading the investigation as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.”
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