Pittsburgh synagogue gunman who killed 11 people gets death penalty

Robert Bowers perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in US history after killing 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018

A jury has imposed the death penalty on a man who spewed antisemitic hate before fatally shooting 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community.

Truck driver Robert Bowers, 50, perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. Entering the Tree of Life synagogue on 27 October 2018, he opened fire with an AR-15 rifle, shooting everyone he could find in a mass murder clearly motivated by religious hatred.

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