Victim's body returned to Israel as Jewish Americans reel from museum attack

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The assemblage of Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli embassy worker killed successful a imaginable antisemitic onslaught successful Washington D.C. this week, was transported backmost to the Jewish state Friday, officials said.

Loved ones of Lischinsky and representatives of the Israeli Foreign Ministry were expected to person the victim's coffin astatine an undisclosed airdrome earlier it's taken to a burial site, according to a ministry spokesperson

Lischinsky, 30, and his workfellow and woman Sarah Milgrim, 26, were fatally changeable Wednesday nighttime extracurricular the Capital Jewish Museum.

A ceremonial is planned for Milgrim connected Tuesday adjacent her Kansas City-area hometown.

Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago resident, was arrested Wednesday nighttime adjacent the museum. He was charged Thursday with the execution of overseas officials and different crimes successful transportation with the deaths.

He allegedly shouted “Free, escaped Palestine” aft opening fire. The fishy told officers connected the scene, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” according to prosecutors.

Jewish leaders successful Chicago decried the slayings and pinned blasted connected burgeoning antisemitism coming from protests against Israel.

The Jewish state's subject enactment successful Gaza, seeking to basal retired Hamas successful the aftermath of its Oct. 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel, has sparked protestation against Jerusalem passim the United States.

David Goldenberg, Midwest determination manager of the Anti-Defamation League, said that calls for Israel to curtail subject enactment person excessively often devolved into antisemitism.

"Saying 'Free Palestine' is, successful itself, not antisemitic," Goldenberg told reporters successful Chicago connected Friday.

"When the (anti-Jewish) chants begin, you arsenic the leader, you lead. You unopen it down. You marque it wide to radical coming to the protestation (that) you don't bring a motion that says 'Globalize the Intifada' we're not going to person a motion that celebrates and calls for unit against Jews."

FBI agents were going done Rodriguez's flat successful the quiescent tree-lined thoroughfare successful the Albany Park vicinity connected Thursday looking for immoderate grounds that could nexus oregon explicate the suspect's actions and motives.

"This fearfulness hits adjacent person to home," said Chicago Alderman Debra Silverstein. "We person learned that the attacker lives successful Chicago and was apt radicalized close present successful our city. This is not conscionable a nationalist tragedy, it is simply a section aftermath up call."

Rodriguez came to the DMV connected Tuesday, flying successful from O’Hare International Airport successful Chicago to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport successful bluish Virginia, according to United Airlines records cited successful the affidavit.

He declared his firearm successful his checked baggage and flew with it crossed authorities lines, the affidavit said.