FBI investigate Minneapolis school shooting as anti-Catholic hate crime

The FBI says that 17 people have been investigated as a hate crime that left two children in a school in Minneapolis.

“FBI is investigating this attraction as an action aiming at an internal terrorism and hate crime.” He said.

Two children aged 8 and 10 were killed on Wednesday morning when children opened fire from the windows of the City Announcement Church while the children celebrated the mass.

The attacker, who died with a weapon that fired himself, was later called Robin Westman by the police 23 -year -old.

Pope Leo Xiv, the first American Pope, was among those who paid tribute to young victims, saying that he was “deeply upset” from the attack.

“This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people who worship,” Police Chief Brian O’hara said to journalists.

“The persecution and cowardice of shooting a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible.”

When asked about Patel’s interpretation, the Minneapolis Police Department said that he led the investigation with the support of federal agencies and would follow evidence everywhere he led.

The authorities have not yet published a suspicious reason for the attack.

The police started to call for a shooting just before the local time (14: 00Bst) on Wednesday.

The attacker approached the side of the church, which also hosted a school, and uses three firearms using dozens of shots from the windows – a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol. Police found a smoke bomb at the scene.

Authorities investigate whether they are drawn into the building or whether all the shots come from outside the church and say there is no storage from the bullets inside.

I could hear “Boom, Boom, Boom” to PJ Mudd, who lived close to the church and worked from home on Wednesday morning, The Wall Street Journal. “Suddenly fell on me – it was a shot.”

He then ran to the church and saw three magazine cartridges.

A 10 -year -old child survived the attack, CBS member WCCO’ya lying on his friend, he said he saved him from the bullets.

“I was two seats away from the stained glass window,” he said. “My friend Victor saved me because he put me on me, but he was shot.”

“My friend was shot back, went to the hospital … I was so scared for him, but I think it’s good now,” he said.

The announcement church in a settlement area of ​​Southern Minneapolis teaches students between the ages of 5-14.

According to a school bulletin since 2016, the attacker’s mother Mary Grace Westman worked at school before. An article on Facebook said he retired from the role in 2021.

The police found a note that Westman plans to publish online during the shooting. The inspectors have erased the task since then.

Governor Tim Walz, President Donald Trump and his team “deep condolences” expressed and offered help, he said.

He said that the situation was “very common – not only in Minnesota, but in the country” and he added that no community or school should pass during such a day.

Trump then said that the US flag would fly at half a pole in the White House as a respect for the victims.