The man accused of plowing into a Michigan synagogue on Thursday morning has been identified as a naturalized US citizen from Lebanon.
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his truck filled with explosives into the Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, which also serves as a preschool, igniting a fire.
Ghazali then opened fire, and was killed by a security guard, with authorities saying they later found him inside the vehicle armed with a rifle.
He was born in Lebanon in 1985 and entered the United States on May 10, 2011 on an IR1 visa as the spouse of a US citizen.
Ghazali then applied for naturalization on October 20, 2015 and became a citizen on February 5, 2016, according to records obtained by Fox News.
A motive for the attack remains unclear, but federal authorities said at a news conference that they are probing it as a ‘targeted act of violence’ against the Jewish community.
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali smashed his vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township
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