Two employees from the Israeli embassy were killed by the gunman in Washington, DC

One of the gunmen opened fire on two employees at the Israeli embassy on Wednesday evening while leaving the Jewish Museum in the center of Washington, DC, and the victims, known as Sarah Milgerim and Yaron Lesenxi, were attending an event in the museum hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC).

“Two employees at the Israeli embassy were shot this evening close to a Jewish event at the Jewish capital museum in Washington, DC,” a spokesman for the Israeli embassy, ​​Tal Nayem Cohen, Books on x. “We have a full belief in law enforcement authorities on both local and unionist levels to arrest the shooter and protect the representatives of Israel and Jewish societies throughout the United States.”

This event was announced in the museum as an annual reception of AJC Young Diblomats to promote alliances in the Middle East. On the AJC on the Internet, it says it supports Israel and fights anti -Semitism.

Police suspected Elias Rodriguez, 30, from Chicago. He was seen, “he was walking back and forth outside the museum,” said Pamela Smith, head of the Capital Police Department. During her speech to addressing journalists at a press conference in the aftermath of the shooting, she said that the suspect “approached a group of four people, produced a pistol and opened fire in both of our Mofin.”

I told diplomatic sources Reuters and AFP News agencies that Lischinksy had a German passport. German Chancellor Friedrich Mirz described the attack as “Despaicable”, while President Donald Trump posted on the Internet that “hate and radicalism have no place in the United States.”

Talk to BBCThe Board of Directors of the American Jewish Committee Jojo Kalin said that after the accident, the shooter entered the museum. According to Callin, the gunman Kefiyeh, a dress he wore in parts of the Middle East, has become a symbol of the Palestine Liberation Movement in the United States. He claims that the gunman screams inside the museum, “Free Palestine”.

Calin added: “It is a deep paradox that what we were discussing was building the bridge and then we were beaten at the head of such hatred.”

Katie Calcher, an eyewitness, said, BBC “At about 9:07 pm, we heard gun bullets, then a man (to the museum) came look very sad, and we thought he just needed help and shelter.”

“People were calming him, bringing him water, and taking care of him – they did not know that he was a person who had executed people in cold blood. He was the shooter.” BBC.

Rodriguez is currently being interrogated in the police reservation.