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2026-03-13 Home Front: WoT

Unknown person drove into Michigan synagogue and opened fire, turned out to be Leb-American immigrant whose relatives back home were killed in IDF attack

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Posted by badanov 2026-03-13 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1793 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

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Notice how these shooters seem to pick over the top liberal states and cities for their?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-03-13 00:25|| 2026-03-13 00:25|| Front Page Top

2 Shooter is killed by security after driving truck 'packed with explosives' into Detroit synagogue with preschool and opening fire, police say as they hunt for potential accomplices

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-13 00:38|| 2026-03-13 00:38|| Front Page Top

The tragedy WAS prevented. Because the synagogue didn't rely on late-arriving police, and took its security into its own hands.

You have pushed for efforts to ban carry in churches. You want to aid would-be terrorists and killers like the perpetrator today. Shameful. https://t.co/iVp7YbZYO9
— Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) March 12, 2026

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-13 02:25|| 2026-03-13 02:25|| Front Page Top

4 ^^^This.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-13 03:15|| 2026-03-13 03:15|| Front Page Top

5 lots and lots of smoke in the video

must have been some combustibles near where car crashed

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-03-13 09:35|| 2026-03-13 09:35|| Front Page Top

6 truck filled with explosives and mortar shells

6" fireworks or 81 mm mortar shells?

Posted by Bobby 2026-03-13 09:51|| 2026-03-13 09:51|| Front Page Top

7 Background:

Michigan shul is at least the 7th Diaspora synagogue targeted so far this month
[IsraelTimes] Ramming and shooting incident at Detroit-area congregation follows multiple attacks in Canada, a foiled plot in Azerbaijan, a blast in Belgium and vandalization in Maryland.

“The Jewish community is forced to spend over $765 million a year just to protect itself,” the Jewish Federations of North America said in a statement after Thursday’s attack.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-13 13:19|| 2026-03-13 13:19|| Front Page Top

8 Local reporting from the Detroit News. Links to mort reports about the story at the link.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-13 13:28|| 2026-03-13 13:28|| Front Page Top

9 ^ so much cheaper to arm congregants.
Of course the killing thing would be problematic for many.

Michigan synagogue shooter who drove car into Jewish temple is PRAISED by neighbors in Muslim enclave where he lived

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-13 13:29|| 2026-03-13 13:29|| Front Page Top

10 His 'family members'

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-13 13:34|| 2026-03-13 13:34|| Front Page Top

11 No wonder the Old Dominion story is getting two scoops of bullshit, to chaff there and ignore this.

Bobby, I first thought that, too. The US media I think would clarify as the firework....you know, if it was covered. A childrens' toy noise maker is all, and all that.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-03-13 13:35|| 2026-03-13 13:35|| Front Page Top

12 #10 Hope he still has family in Lebanon.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-13 14:05|| 2026-03-13 14:05|| Front Page Top

13 Just so we get the full effect of Procopius2k’s link:

The Michigan shooter who attempted to murder toddlers at a Jewish preschool claimed he had lost “family members” in an Israeli strike in Lebanon.

Those “family members” were his brothers, who were members of Hezbollah, a U.S. Designated Terror Group. pic.twitter.com/ayOILKFWYU
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) March 13, 2026

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-13 14:22|| 2026-03-13 14:22|| Front Page Top

14 Y'know, downtown Beirut was blown up in 2020 and noone _cared_. They swiveled their heads away at the speed of light.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2026-03-13 15:15|| 2026-03-13 15:15|| Front Page Top

15 so much cheaper to arm congregants

Congregants are doing that on their own, Skidmark. Increasing numbers of congregants have gotten licensed since 9/11 so they can carry at services — though no official statistics that I’m aware of. Back around 2007 or so the Brotherhood at my very Reform Jewish congregation (the rabbi was a part time lecturer at Hebrew Union College-Cincinnati, the Reform rabbinic institute’s original campus) offered its first range day for members, with a special intro to gun handling for newbies. It was led by one of the synagogue board members, if I recall correctly.

A search of the Times of Israel reveals lots of articles on the subject, the most recent four days ago. See here. I’ve posted a few over the years, but saw no reason to flood the zone.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-13 21:42|| 2026-03-13 21:42|| Front Page Top

16 I carry to church, and I suspect many others do as well. They have 1-2 police officers at Mass, but I suspect any trouble is going to die in a hail of gunfire.

Posted by Silentbrick 2026-03-13 23:18|| 2026-03-13 23:18|| Front Page Top

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