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| Kansas shooting: White supremacist Frazier Glenn Cross held | Kansas shooting: White supremacist Frazier Glenn Cross held |
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| The suspect in Sunday's deadly shootings at Jewish community sites in Kansas is a notorious white supremacist, US media have reported. | The suspect in Sunday's deadly shootings at Jewish community sites in Kansas is a notorious white supremacist, US media have reported. |
| Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, has been charged with murder after three people were killed in a suburb of Kansas City. | Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, has been charged with murder after three people were killed in a suburb of Kansas City. |
| Cross founded several white supremacist groups and later ran twice for elected office on a white power platform. | Cross founded several white supremacist groups and later ran twice for elected office on a white power platform. |
| He appeared to shout "Heil Hitler" from the back of a police car as he was arrested. | He appeared to shout "Heil Hitler" from the back of a police car as he was arrested. |
| Two victims of the shooting in Overland Park, Kansas were named by relatives as Dr William Lewis Corporan and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood. | Two victims of the shooting in Overland Park, Kansas were named by relatives as Dr William Lewis Corporan and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood. |
| They were killed in the car park of the Jewish Community Campus. They were both Christian. | They were killed in the car park of the Jewish Community Campus. They were both Christian. |
| A third, female victim was shot dead at Village Shalom, a retirement home several streets away from the community centre. | A third, female victim was shot dead at Village Shalom, a retirement home several streets away from the community centre. |
| Call for 'genocide' | Call for 'genocide' |
| Unnamed law enforcement officials told the Associated Press news agency and other US media Cross was the suspect. | Unnamed law enforcement officials told the Associated Press news agency and other US media Cross was the suspect. |
| Federal and state law enforcement officials are investigating whether to pursue federal hate crime charges, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. | |
| "No matter what, we will do everything in our power to ensure justice is served in this case on behalf of the victims and their families," he said. | "No matter what, we will do everything in our power to ensure justice is served in this case on behalf of the victims and their families," he said. |
| "Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by these heinous acts." | "Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by these heinous acts." |
| Site, a US-based extremist-monitoring group, says Cross is a known and vocal anti-Semite who frequently calls for genocide against the Jews. | Site, a US-based extremist-monitoring group, says Cross is a known and vocal anti-Semite who frequently calls for genocide against the Jews. |
| Cross first came to the attention of law enforcement after he founded the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1980s. Its members wore military fatigues and underwent military-style training. | Cross first came to the attention of law enforcement after he founded the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1980s. Its members wore military fatigues and underwent military-style training. |
| He was the subject of a nationwide manhunt in 1987 after violating the terms of his bond for operating a paramilitary camp. | He was the subject of a nationwide manhunt in 1987 after violating the terms of his bond for operating a paramilitary camp. |
| Cross disappeared while appealing the conviction and sent a list of potential assassination targets to his supporters, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. | |
| 'Children of God' | 'Children of God' |
| He was found in 1987 by federal agents in Missouri with three other men in a mobile home filled with hand grenades, automatic weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition, the Associated Press news agency reported. | He was found in 1987 by federal agents in Missouri with three other men in a mobile home filled with hand grenades, automatic weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition, the Associated Press news agency reported. |
| Cross received a three-year prison sentence in exchange for testifying against other white supremacists. | Cross received a three-year prison sentence in exchange for testifying against other white supremacists. |
| He ran for US House of Representatives in 2006 and the US Senate in 2010, receiving 23 and seven votes respectively. He lives about 180 miles (290km) south of the site of the shootings. | He ran for US House of Representatives in 2006 and the US Senate in 2010, receiving 23 and seven votes respectively. He lives about 180 miles (290km) south of the site of the shootings. |
| On Monday, just before the start of the Jewish festival of Passover, US President Barack Obama urged Americans to stand united against "religious-based" violence. | On Monday, just before the start of the Jewish festival of Passover, US President Barack Obama urged Americans to stand united against "religious-based" violence. |
| "We have to keep coming together, across faiths to combat the ignorance and the intolerance, including anti-Semitism that can lead to hate groups and violence because we are all children of God," Mr Obama said during a prayer breakfast celebrating the Christian holiday of Easter. | "We have to keep coming together, across faiths to combat the ignorance and the intolerance, including anti-Semitism that can lead to hate groups and violence because we are all children of God," Mr Obama said during a prayer breakfast celebrating the Christian holiday of Easter. |
| And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his condolences to the families of the victims. | |
| "We are condemning the murder which according to all signs was committed because of hatred of Jews," Mr Netanyahu said in a statement. "The state of Israel... together with all civilised peoples is committed to fighting against this plague." | "We are condemning the murder which according to all signs was committed because of hatred of Jews," Mr Netanyahu said in a statement. "The state of Israel... together with all civilised peoples is committed to fighting against this plague." |