FBI investigates Minneapolis school shooting as anti-Catholic hate crime | BBC News

A shooting at a school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 others injured is being investigated as an anti-Catholic hate crime, the FBI said.

"The FBI is investigating this shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X.

The two children, aged eight and 10, were killed when an attacker opened fire through the windows of the city's Annunciation Church on Wednesday morning as children were celebrating Mass.

Authorities have not yet released a suspected motive for the attack.

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Post from BBC News on August 28, 2025