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Trump to visit amid divide over synagogue attack

By China Daily | China Daily | Updated: 2018-10-31 08:04

Shackled to a wheelchair, the man accused of fatally shooting 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue made a stony-faced, largely silent appearance on Monday in a federal courtroom, where he was ordered held without bond in the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States.

The arraignment of accused gunman Robert Bowers came as the White House said US President Donald Trump would visit Pittsburgh on Tuesday to pay respects to the victims, a move opposed by the mayor and some of the city's Jewish leaders.

Bowers, 46, wounded in a gunfight with police on Saturday at the Tree of Life synagogue before his arrest, acknowledged the 29 felony counts against him, including charges of violating US civil rights laws in what federal prosecutors are treating as a hate crime.

Trump to visit amid divide over synagogue attack

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