FBI says Michigan synagogue attack was ‘Hezbollah-inspired’

The FBI said on Monday that a vehicle-ramming attack at a Michigan synagogue earlier this month was an act of terrorism “inspired” by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.“Based on the evidence gathered to date, we assess this attack to be a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan,” Jennifer Runyan, the FBI special agent in charge for Detroit, told a press briefing.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The FBI previously identified the attacker as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese-born 41-year-old, while media reports said several of his family members in Lebanon had recently been killed in Israeli airstrikes.Ghazali rammed a pickup truck into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, on March 12. The truck -- loaded with fireworks and gasoline -- became lodged in a hallway and caught fire.No one except the attacker -- who died by

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