PITTSBURGH (AP) - A truck driver who spewed hatred of Jews was convicted Friday of storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find on a Sabbath morning, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die. (United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania via AP, File) Read Less Bowers was tried on 63 criminal counts, including hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of the free exercise of religion resulting in death. Robert Bowers, a truck driver who shot and killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people, was found guilty, Friday, June 16, 2023. top row, from left, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil Rosenthal, and David Rosenthal bottom row, from left, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Dan Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger. 27, 2018, assault on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. … Read MoreįILE – In this combo image made from photos provided by the United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania are the victims of the Oct. (United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania via AP, File) Read LessįILE – In this combo image made from photos provided by the United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania are the victims of the Oct. … Read More FILE – In this combo image made from photos provided by the United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania are the victims of the Oct. There was also risk of an intestinal blockage, if adhesions, or scar tissue, weren’t removed, according to the doctors.FILE – In this combo image made from photos provided by the United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania are the victims of the Oct. Hours after the surgery, Alfieri said that the scarring, which had resulted from previous abdominal surgeries, had caused the pope increasing pain. Several people in the crowd outside wept as he left and headed for the Holy See hotel, where he lives on Vatican City grounds.īefore he arrived home, Francis made two more stops - first at a convent adjacent to the Vatican to greet nuns and then outside one of the walled city-state’s gates to get out of his car so he could shake hands with and thank police officers who provided a motorcycle escort. Tourists in the basilica excitedly snapped photos of the pontiff, who remained in a wheelchair as he prayed. He also went there after his discharge from the same hospital following treatment for bronchitis earlier this year. Mary Major Basilica, which he often visits after trips abroad to give thanks. Instead of going straight back to the Vatican, Francis stopped to pray for 10 minutes before an icon of the Virgin Mary at the famous St. He’s better than before,” Alfieri told reporters after he said goodbye to Francis and the pontiff got into the car. Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon who performed the pontiff’s three-hour operation on June 7, was outside the hospital along with the surging crowd as Francis exited. When a reporter asked for a comment about the sinking of a crowded migrant boat off Greece that claimed dozens of lives and left hundreds missing, he replied: “So much sorrow.”ĭr. As he smiled and shook hands, his face looked wan and thinner than usual. “Still alive,” Francis quipped when asked how he was doing. The pope seemed to bat the mics away, good-naturedly. In the brief distance before reached the white Fiat 500, reporters thrust microphones toward his face. He stood up to get into the small Vatican car awaiting him. ROME (AP) - Pope Francis was discharged Friday from the Rome hospital where he underwent abdominal surgery to repair a hernia and remove scarring from previous operations, with his surgeon saying the pontiff was “better than before” his nine-day hospitalization.įrancis, 86, left through Gemelli Polyclinic’s main exit in a wheelchair, smiling and waving and saying “thanks” to a crowd of well-wishers.
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