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Minneapolis Catholic school shooter’s weapons were allegedly marked with antisemitic messages

JL;DR SUMMARY In a tragic incident at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, shooter Robin Westman, 23, used weapons inscribed with antisemitic and anti-Israel messages, resulting in the deaths of two young children and injuries to numerous others before taking his own life. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish Federations Of North AmericaAdlTree Of Life SynagogueAnti IsraelExtremismHiasGun ViolenceMinneapolis ShootingRobin Westman

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"The shooter who killed children attending a Catholic mass at their school in Minneapolis on Wednesday allegedly used a gun that featured antisemitic and anti-Israel writing, as well as the name of the man convicted of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history."
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
"The writing on the guns in Minneapolis featured the names of other mass shooters, including Bowers; Natalie Rupnow, who killed two students in December at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant, according to the ADL and other reports about the videos."
Newtown, Connecticut, United States
"An manifesto revealed in one of the videos  also expressed admiration for Adam Lanza, who killed 26 people, including 20 first-graders, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"HIAS was also targeted in online writing by Robert Bowers, the man convicted of murdering 11 Jews in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in 2018."

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