The NYPD shall be bulking up patrols in Jewish neighborhoods and at synagogues and yeshivas within the wake of the anti-Semitic in Washington D.C. that left two employees members of the Israeli Embassy useless, officers stated Thursday.
“While there is no known nexus to NYC, in response to last night’s horrific attack in D.C. targeting Jews and Israelis, the NYPD is increasing its presence at religious sites and cultural institutions with high visibility patrols, heavy weapons teams and counterterrorism officers,” the NYPD stated in a press release on X.
Two embassy staffers have been leaving an occasion on the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. Wednesday night once they have been shot to demise by a gunman who yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police stated.
Israeli International Minister Gideon Saar recognized the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was a analysis assistant and Milgrim organized visits and missions to Israel.
Regulation enforcement work the scene after two employees members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington have been shot and killed exterior the Capital Jewish Museum on Thursday in Washington. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./AP)
The suspect, recognized as Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, was noticed pacing exterior the museum earlier than the capturing, walked into the museum after the capturing and was detained by occasion safety, Smith stated.
Mayor Adams stated he was “devastated by the senseless killing.”
“We’re keeping the victims in our prayers and have directed the NYPD to increase security at sensitive locations for the Jewish community here in NYC,” he wrote on X. “This act of hateful violence is exactly what it means to globalize the intifada. Let me be clear — anti-Semitic violence has no place in our country.”
The gorgeous assault prompted Israeli missions throughout the globe to beef up their safety. The capturing comes as Israel has launched one other main offensive within the Gaza Strip in a battle with Hamas that has heightened tensions throughout the Center East and internationally.
