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Authorities link US Jersey City shooting to 'Black Hebrew Israelite' group
The group, which is thought to have been active in the United States since the 1970s, preaches the belief that Ashkenazim are inauthentic Jews
December 12, 2019 16:27
The group, which is thought to have been active in the United States since the 1970s, preaches the belief that Ashkenazim are inauthentic Jews
December 12, 2019 16:27Two men suspected of carrying out an antisemitic shooting of a US kosher supermarket are linked to the controversial Black Hebrew Israelite group, police have said.
The discovery of anti-Jewish social media posts by one of the suspects, confirmed by the New Jersey attorney general’s office, fuelled speculation that it was a targeted attack.
The rampage – at a kosher store in Jersey City, New Jersey on Tuesday – left the killers and three victims dead.
The following day, the FBI confirmed it had searched the Harlem headquarters of the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, a movement linked to the anti-Jewish Black Hebrew Israelites.
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