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US man threatened synagogue he'd 'kill all the Jews and the children'

 
 French police stand guard as a forensics member collects evidence after officers shot dead an armed man earlier who set fire to the city's synagogue in Rouen, France, May 17, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES)
French police stand guard as a forensics member collects evidence after officers shot dead an armed man earlier who set fire to the city's synagogue in Rouen, France, May 17, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES)

A California man, Kevin Dunlow, was arrested for threatening North Carolina synagogues and officials, including plans to kill congregants and children.

California man was arrested on Friday for threats against several North Carolina synagogues,  law enforcement, and elected officials, including a threat to a rabbi that he would murder his congregants and their children, the US Justice Department said in a statement.

Huntington Beach resident Kevin Dunlow, 62, allegedly contacted a rabbi on May 7 and told him, “Jews didn’t deserve to live. Jews didn’t deserve to be on this earth. I’m going to kill the Jews. I’m coming to the Temple to kill all the Jews and the children.”

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 Senator Chuck Schumer meets with Merrick Garland from 22 March 2016. Uploaded on 27/5/2024 (credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Senator Chuck Schumer meets with Merrick Garland from 22 March 2016. Uploaded on 27/5/2024 (credit: Wikimedia Commons)

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office received bombing threats from Dunlow, who faces 10 years in prison for the charges of threats to harm and false bomb reports.

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“Hate-fueled, violent threats endanger the safety of individuals and entire communities,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

North Carolina Eastern District US Attorney Michael Easley Jr. said that violent threats against law enforcement, elected officials, and citizens could not be normalized. 

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