Gunman’s hatred of Jews motivated massacre at Pittsburgh synagogue, prosecutor tells jury

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Closings arguments are underway in the federal trial of a truck driver who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jews. A prosecutor told jurors Thursday that Robert Bowers killed his victims because of their religion. Bowers is charged with 63 criminal counts, some carrying a potential death sentence. His attorneys did not call any witnesses or present any evidence after conceding at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. Seven people were injured in the attack, including five police officers. The jury could begin deliberating as early as Thursday afternoon.