MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man was arrested after allegedly threatening to “shoot up” a Minneapolis synagogue, officers introduced on Saturday.
Workers at Temple Israel reported to the Minneapolis Police Division on Sept. 11 that they’d acquired a number of telephone calls from an individual threatening to “shoot up” the synagogue. Then on Thursday, a particular police element assigned present additional patrols round Temple Israel forward of the Jewish new yr and the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel had been notified of a person outdoors with a firearm. He fled the realm, however officers arrested a 21-year-old man the following day.
“Everybody in Minneapolis has the best to really feel protected of their communities, and we are going to guarantee our Jewish neighbors are protected as they rejoice the holy days,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian Chief O’Hara stated at a information convention. “We take all threats made towards our spiritual establishments critically, and can proceed to carry the people accountable who threaten any of our metropolis’s homes of worship.”
O’Hara stated officers discovered the person had used a telephone app to masks his voice as he made repeated threats towards the synagogue.
Officers didn’t recuperate a gun.
The person was arrested for making “terroristic threats” and expenses will likely be referred to the Hennepin County Legal professional’s Workplace. O’Hara stated officers had not discovered proof the menace was motivated by antisemitism, however he stated the timing of the threats was regarding.
“For the reason that Oct. 7 terrorist assaults, the worst terrorist assault on our Jewish group because the Holocaust, our cops have been current the place a complete lot of hateful rhetoric has been stated towards our residents, towards members of our group, just because they’re Jewish,” O’Hara stated.
