December 7, 2023

Man fires shots outside Jewish temple in upstate New York as Hanukkah begins, no one injured

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The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A man fired a shotgun twice outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York on Thursday, hours before the start of Hanukkah, then said “Free Palestine” as he was taken into custody, police said. No one was injured. The episode took place amid rising fears of antisemitism worldwide and fallout from Israel's intensifying war in Gaza, which faces heightened criticism for the mounting Palestinian death toll. The shots were fired outside of Temple Israel just before 2 p.m. and a 28-year-old suspect was in custody, said Albany police spokesperson Megan Craft. “Thankfully there...

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