According to CBS News, two employees of the Israeli embassy were assassinated by activists shouting “Free Palestine” in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. CBS reports:
Two Israeli Embassy employees — including an American — were shot and killed Wednesday night as they left the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., officials said. A suspect is in custody.
The victims have been identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim. Law enforcement officials described the attack as “targeted” and said the suspect shouted “free Palestine” as he was being detained. The shooting was being investigated as a hate crime, a law enforcement source said.
Sarah Lynn Milgrim was from Kansas. Yaron Lischinsky was Israeli, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio, according to The Associated Press. Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., told reporters they were on the verge of getting engaged.
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