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Suspect in Michigan synagogue attack identified as Ayman Ghazali, an immigrant from Lebanon

JL;DR SUMMARY Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon, has been identified as the assailant in an attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan. 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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HezbollahDetroitLebanonTemple IsraelSecurityWest BloomfieldAyman GhazaliDearborn Heights

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Dearborn Heights, Michigan, United States
"Ghazali, 41, was a resident of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, according to its mayor, Mo Baydoun."
West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States
"Ghazali was shot by security after driving an explosives-laden truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, a heavily Jewish suburb about 20 miles north of his home."
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
"Officials identified the perpetrator of a second incident on Thursday, a shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia that killed a member of the ROTC army corps, as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh."
Mashghara, Beqaa, Lebanon
"But reports on social media tied him to four people with the last name Ghazali, including a young boy and girl, who a Lebanese news outlet reported were killed on March 5 in Mashghara, Lebanon."
Beirut, Lebanon
"Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah strongholds, including in densely packed Beirut."
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
"Authorities in Norway, meanwhile, said they had determined that two men whose behavior had ignited a major police response outside a Trondheim synagogue on Thursday posed no threat."

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