DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN — The man who drove his pickup truck Truck to a synagogue in the Detroit area A television station reported Monday that his ex-wife was described as suicidal in a phone call to police that day.
The call to Dearborn Heights police came around the same time last Thursday that Ayman Ghazali attacked Temple Israel and its early childhood education center in West Bloomfield Township. WXYZ-TV reported. The FBI said it was an exchange Shooting with a guard He killed himself while inside the car, which also caught fire.
There was no indication in the call that Ghazali’s ex-wife knew he had targeted the synagogue, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from his home.
“I feel like he’s really upset,” she told police, according to WXYZ, which obtained a recording of the 911 call.
She noted that Ghazali, who obtained American citizenship, lost members of his family during an Israeli air strike on March 5 in Lebanon. A memorial service was held for them at the American Islamic Institute in Dearborn Heights.
“He’s like a suicide bomber,” Ghazala’s ex-wife told police, later adding, “His voice is not stable. I just want to make sure he’s okay.”
She said she did not know if he had weapons. Dearborn Heights police went to Ghazala’s home, but no one was there.
The FBI said Al-Ghazali waited in his car outside the hotel Synagogue For two hours before it crashed into the building that contained dozens of children. No children were injured.
The Israeli military said on Sunday that the man’s brother, Ibrahim Ghazali, who was killed in the recent airstrike, was also identified One of the leaders of Hezbollah In Lebanon. The FBI’s Detroit office, which is investigating the synagogue attack, declined to comment on that description.