FBI investigates Minneapolis school shooting as anti-Catholic hate crime

The FBI says that shooting at a school in Minneapolis left two dead children and 17 others who had anti -Catholic hate crime.

Cash Patel, director of the FBI, said in a position on X.

The two children, eight -year -old to ten, were killed when one of the attackers opened the fire through the windows of the Announcement Church in the city on Wednesday morning while the children were celebrating the Mass.

The attacker, who died at a fiery wound, was later named by the 23 -year -old police in the name of Robin Westman.

Pope Liu was the fourteenth, the first of the American Pope, among those who praised the young victims, saying he was “very sad” with the attack.

“This was a deliberate violence against innocent children and other people who worship,” Brian Ohara Police Commander told reporters.

“The absolute cruelty and the cowardice of shooting at a church full of children is very incomprehensible,” he said.

When asked about Patel’s comment, he said that the Minneapolis Police Department is leading the investigation with the support of federal agencies – and will follow the evidence wherever it is.

The authorities have not yet issued a suspect’s motive to attack.

The police started receiving shootings at 8:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Wednesday.

The attacker approached the church, which also includes a school, and fired dozens of shots via windows using three firearms – gun, gun and gun. The police also found a smoke bomb at the scene.

Officials investigate whether the suspect is shooting inside the building or whether all the shots came from outside the church, noting that no bulletwings were found inside.

“I heard” a breakthrough, a boom, “said B.

Then he ran to the church, where he saw three cartridges on the ground on the ground.

A 10 -year -old boy told the CBS WCCO attack that his friend saved him from bullets by lying on him.

“I was like two seats away from the colored glass window,” he said. “My friend, Victor, saved me, because he placed above me, but he hit.”

“My friend hit the back, and he went to the hospital … I was very afraid for him, but I now think he’s okay,” he said.

The Bushra Church, which is located in a residential area in southern Minynabolis, is teaching students between the ages of 5 and 14.

The mother of the striker, Mary Grace Westman, has previously worked at the school, according to a 2016 newsletter. A Facebook post says she has retired from the role in 2021.

The police found a note that Westman is scheduled to be deployed online at the time of the shooting. The investigators have since deleted the post.

The name Westman was legally changed from Robert to Robin in 2020, and Minnesota court records appear. In the application, the judge wrote: “The minor child is defined as a female and wants her name to reflect this definition.”

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the Maynabolis mayor Jacob Fry retreated against the hatred directed towards the transgender community in the wake of the attack.

In their own updates, the Minister of Internal Security, Christie Nom, said that Westman was a “man, who is claiming to be transgender”, and in his position in X, Patel referred to Westman in the name of “male”.

The governor of Minnesota Tim Walz said that President Donald Trump and his team expressed their “deep condolences” and provided assistance.

He said that the situation was “very common – not only in Minnesota, but all over the country,” adding that he hopes that there is no society or school at all to go to a day like this.

Trump later said that the American flag will be transferred in the seminar in the White House as a show of respect for the victims.