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DFA: No Filipinos hurt in Pittsburgh shooting incident

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DFA: No Filipinos hurt in Pittsburgh shooting incident
An FBI agent stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. A heavily armed gunman opened fire during a baby-naming ceremony at a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh on October 27, killing 11 people and injuring six in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent American history.
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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday reported that there are no Filipino casualties in the shooting incident that occurred at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Consul General Claro Cristobal of the Philippine Consulate General in New York made the confirmation.

He said there are 4,000 Filipinos in Pittsburgh and the rest of Western Pennsylvania.

Meanwhile, the DFA also extended its sympathies to the families of the 11 individuals slain in the incident.

“The Department also hopes for the speedy recovery of the six other individuals reported injured after a 46-year-old gunman opened fire inside the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in Pittsburgh,” the agency added.

The deadly shooting took place during a bris, or baby-naming ceremony. This came days after a pipe bomb was sent to prominent Jewish philanthropist George Soros, who has been the target of what many see as anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

This attack also sparked outpouring grief and shock among America’s Jewish community, the largest outside Israel. — Rosette Adel with a report from Agence France- Presse

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