US Agents Questioned Michigan Synagogue Attack Suspect in 2019

The man who rammed his vehicle into a Detroit-area synagogue on Thursday, setting off a fire and an exchange of gunfire that left him dead, was interviewed by federal law enforcement years before the attack, according to a person familiar with the matter.

During a 2019 interview in Atlanta, federal agents questioned Ayman Mohamad Ghazali after he returned from a trip to Lebanon. In the course of that interview they discovered that two of his brothers were identified as Hezbollah members, and were among the contacts in his phone, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the details aren’t public.