Louis Geri, 41, arrested before Red Mass in DC, had 200 nitroglycerins and a hate note targeting the Catholic Church, Supreme Court, and ICE. Justices avoided the service due to the security risk.
A series of antisemitic attacks in Australia, including arson at a Melbourne synagogue and a raid on an Israeli restaurant, has sparked fear and calls for action against rising antisemitism.
High profile acts of religious hatred, such as the atrocities committed by Anders Breivik in Oslo in 2011 or by Brenton Tarrant in Christchurch in 2019, tend to be put down to a “lone wolf” or to be regarded as “fringe incidents”, rather than part of a wider problem to be addressed.
