Religious leaders call for peace at memorial for Kansas Jewish center shooting victims
US Attorney-General Holder says every hate crime "an affront to who we are," as three killed in Kansas shooting remembered.
By REUTERS
04/17/2014 20:51
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas - The scene of what authorities say was a hate crime just days ago became the setting for tears, prayers and calls for peace as religious leaders gathered at a Kansas Jewish community center for a memorial service in honor of three people shot dead on Sunday.
Heavy security surrounded the Jewish Community Center on Thursday in suburban Overland Park, Kansas, where two of the victims were gunned down, and several hundred people crowded into the center's auditorium for the interfaith service.
"We all needed to come together to... bring into this tragedy God, heaven, peace and love," Jacob Schreiber, president and chief executive of the Jewish Community Center, told the gathering.
Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, also known as avowed white supremacist Glenn Miller, is being held on $10 million bond on a charge of capital murder and premeditated first-degree murder for the killings on the eve of the Jewish Passover holiday.
http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Religious-leaders-call-for-peace-at-memorial-for-Kansas-Jewish-center-shooting-victims-349815
2:32 video of Holder remarks at link.
