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Gunman in Pittsburgh Synagogue massacre planned attack, defense acknowledges

In this courtroom sketch, prosecuting attorney Eric G Olshan questions witness Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation, in the federal trial for 2018 synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers, on May 30, 2023, in Pittsburgh. [AP Photo]

A trial for the man charged in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history opened Tuesday with his own lawyer acknowledging he planned the 2018 massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue and made hateful statements about Jewish people.

Robert Bowers went to Tree of Life synagogue and "shot every person he saw," defense attorney Judy Clarke acknowledged in her opening statement.

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