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California police release on bail man suspected of threatening to shoot a synagogue
Source: The Guardian and agencies
California police release on bail man suspected of threatening to shoot a synagogue
US law enforcement officials are facing scrutiny over whether they are minimizing the threat posed by white supremacist terrorists
Guardian staff and agencies
Tue 18 Jun 2019 21.17 BST Last modified on Tue 18 Jun 2019 21.50 BST
California police arrested a man suspected of making online threats to shoot up a Jewish temple, saying he had a fascination with Adolf Hitler and planned to emulate mass shootings at synagogues in Pittsburgh and San Diego.
Ross Farca, a 23-year-old from Concord, California, was charged with making criminal threats, possessing an illegal assault rifle and manufacturing an assault rifle, all felonies. Then, over the weekend, police said, Farca was freed on a $125,000 bond.
The California case is likely to renew questions about whether US law enforcement officials are underestimating the threat posed by white supremacist terrorists. In May, a judge’s order to release Christopher Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant that prosecutors said had been plotting a neo-Nazi domestic terror attack, prompted condemnation from members of Congress, some of whom had been mentioned on what prosecutors described as a hitlist of journalists and Democratic politicians.
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The California case involving Ross Farca, 23, comes in the wake of a series of high-profile terrorist attacks targeting worshippers in Jewish synagogues in the United States and at two Muslim mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Police have been tight-lipped about the case, announcing on Friday that Farca was arrested on 10 June and held in the Contra Costa county jail.
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US law enforcement officials are facing scrutiny over whether they are minimizing the threat posed by white supremacist terrorists
Guardian staff and agencies
Tue 18 Jun 2019 21.17 BST Last modified on Tue 18 Jun 2019 21.50 BST
California police arrested a man suspected of making online threats to shoot up a Jewish temple, saying he had a fascination with Adolf Hitler and planned to emulate mass shootings at synagogues in Pittsburgh and San Diego.
Ross Farca, a 23-year-old from Concord, California, was charged with making criminal threats, possessing an illegal assault rifle and manufacturing an assault rifle, all felonies. Then, over the weekend, police said, Farca was freed on a $125,000 bond.
The California case is likely to renew questions about whether US law enforcement officials are underestimating the threat posed by white supremacist terrorists. In May, a judge’s order to release Christopher Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant that prosecutors said had been plotting a neo-Nazi domestic terror attack, prompted condemnation from members of Congress, some of whom had been mentioned on what prosecutors described as a hitlist of journalists and Democratic politicians.
-snip-
The California case involving Ross Farca, 23, comes in the wake of a series of high-profile terrorist attacks targeting worshippers in Jewish synagogues in the United States and at two Muslim mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Police have been tight-lipped about the case, announcing on Friday that Farca was arrested on 10 June and held in the Contra Costa county jail.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/18/california-police-release-man-suspected-of-threatening-to-shoot-a-synagogue
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