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What we know about Elias Rodriguez, terror suspect accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers
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2:41Now PlayingThe suspected terrorist busted for fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers has ties to a radical left-wing group that spearheaded Black Lives Matter protests and fiercely advocates on behalf of Palestinians. NY Post reporter Deirdre Bardolf shares this story.
Elias Rodriguez, 31, allegedly confessed to gunning down the couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, late Wednesday, when he was heard chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” cops said.
As investigators probed a motive behind the horrific antisemitic bloodshed, details were beginning to emerge about the anti-Israel agitator.
Rodriguez was once linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation — a far-left group that regularly posts anti-Israel rhetoric on social media.
“End the genocide. Israel out of Gaza now,” the group posted Wednesday — just hours before the DC shooting.
The group confirmed Rodriguez’s membership in the wake of the shooting as it distanced itself from the violence.
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