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'Hate crime': California synagogue shooting leaves one dead, several wounded

One person was killed and three others injured after a man opened fire at a synagogue in Poway, California, the mayor said Saturday.

Synagogue members console one another outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019

Synagogue members console one another outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019 Source: AAP

A gunman opened fire at a synagogue in California, killing one person and injuring three others including the rabbi as worshippers marked the final day of Passover, officials said Saturday.

The shooting in the town of Poway came exactly six months after a white supremacist shot dead 11 people at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue -- the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the United States.

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By Ali Bahnasawy

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