Michigan synagogue attack prompts apology from Democratic Senate nominee
World · 29 August 2026
Written by AI from multiple news reports
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, apologised to Jewish Democrats on August 29, 2026, for comments he made after a synagogue attack in March.
The attack happened at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. A man named Ayman Mohammad Ghazali drove his car into the building and shot a security guard before dying by suicide. Ghazali had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon the week before.
El-Sayed released a video condemning the attack, but he used the phrase "hurt people hurt people," referring to Ghazali's losses. Critics said this seemed to excuse the attacker. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel publicly criticised him for it.