MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th April, 2019) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that he was "deeply troubled" by the synagogue shooting in California, expressing his support to the families of those killed and injured.
A 19-year-old man opened fire on Saturday at a synagogue in the Californian city of Poway. The attack left one person killed and several others injured. Poway Mayor Steve Vaus qualified it as a hate crime. The shooter surrendered to police, having informed security services about being involved in the attack.
"I am deeply troubled by the attack on a synagogue in California this Saturday during a Passover service. We must all stand united against anti-Semitism and all forms of hatred. My thoughts are with the families of the victims and the Jewish community worldwide," Guterres wrote on Twitter.
An open anti-Semitic letter was posted online several hours before the attack by a user, who called himself John T. Earnest. This name reportedly coincides with the name of the shooter. The author of the letter pointed out that he had started preparations for the attack shortly after the Christchurch mosque shooting.
