The suspect who attacked a synagogue in Michigan lost family members in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on March 5. Relatives and neighbors in his hometown share their views on his actions.

The assailant in Thursday’s attack on a Michigan synagogue had previously been flagged in US government databases for connections with suspected members of the militant group Hezbollah, although he was not believed to be a member himself,

The explosive-laden vehicle that barreled into the preschool entrance of a Michigan synagogue with 140 children inside is registered to a naturalized US citizen from Lebanon, according to a report. The car — driven by an unidentified antisemitic maniac who died after smashing through the doors of Temple Israel and hurling down the hallway in a targeted attack Thursday afternoon — is linked to a Lebanese resident of Dearborn,