MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th October, 2018) The suspected gunman who committed a deadly attack on the synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh was charged on Sunday with 29 criminal counts, US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania said.
"On Saturday, October 27, 2018, at 8:05 p.m. [00:05 GMT], U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert C. Mitchell signed a criminal complaint charging Robert Bowers of Baldwin, Pa., with 29 counts setting forth federal crimes of violence and firearms offenses. The crimes of violence are based upon the federal civil rights laws prohibiting hate crimes. The FBI in Pittsburgh is leading the investigation," the statement, attributed to Scott W. Brady, the US attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania, and Robert Jones, the special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, read.
