Published 11:08 IST, April 28th 2019

Shooting in California's synagogue six months after Pittusburgh incident

Six months after shooting in Pittusburgh's synagogue, shooting at a synagogue in California on Saturday afternoon claimed one life while three others were injured.

Reported by: Navashree Nandini
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Six months after shooting in Pittsburgh's synagogue, shooting at a synagogue in California on Saturday afteron claimed one life while three ors were injured. Following incident, one man has been detained, San Diego Police police said.  police also informed that shooting took place around 11:30 a.m. (local time) at Chab of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, about 25 miles rth of San Diego.  San Diego County Sheriff's Department ded that wounded were shifted to Palomar Medical Center.

Informing about developments related to shooting,  San Diego Police took to Twitter as saying: "A man has been detained for questioning in connection with a shooting incident at Chab of Poway synagogue."

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police also requested to keep man chaos in time of such a fateful incident.

"Please respect medical privacy of victims & ir families during this difficult time. Remain clear of area as this investigation will take several hours," police tweeted.

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shooting comes on a day when Jews were celebrating Passover, also called Pesach, one of holiest Jewish celebrations of year and incident comes six months after shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh happened on same day.

Last year on October 27, Robert Bowers stormed synagogue, killing 11 people in what  Anti-Defamation League said was deliest anti-Semitic attack in history of  United States. A federal law enforcement officer n h said that Bowers me anti-Semitic statements during shooting and targeted Jews on social media.

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11:08 IST, April 28th 2019