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US brings hate crime charges against suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers

AL-Monitor
Aug 6, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Members of the group Misaskim clean blood off the ground where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Members of the group Misaskim clean blood off the ground where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo — Evelyn Hockstein

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Wednesday broughtfederal hate crime charges against the suspect accused of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staffers outside a museum in Washingtonin May, court papers showed.

(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward. Editing by Scott Malone)