105 US lawmakers urge FBI to probe Illinois temple attack as hate crime
Over 100 US lawmakers shot off a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate the attempted mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Illinois as a federal hate crime and also demanded answers on steps taken to address online threats targeting Indian-Americans.
The letter from the lawmakers, led by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, came days after a 19-year-old gunman tried to open fire at the Sri Venkateswara Swami temple in Aurora, near Chicago.
The plan failed due to a jammed shotgun, thus averting a tragic incident.
The letter from 105 members of Congress, including four US Senators, also criticised the Trump administration's messaging, saying it sought to legitimise racial and religious stereotypes.
Indian-American Congresspersons Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Ami Bera, Suhas Subramanyam and Shri Thanedar are signatories to the letter.
They cite a Department of Homeland Security post depicting a Sikh man with the message, "Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr.
Singh," an
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