The gunman who stormed a synagogue in Pittsburgh's Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers has been sentenced to death on Wednesday (August 2). The gunman, identified as Robert Bowers, was accused of perpetrating the deadliest anti-semitic attack in US history and was convicted of 63 counts, including 11 counts of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death.

US: 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooter gets death sentence for killing 11 worshippers

Five years after 11 worshippers at a Synagogue in Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh were shot down in a rampaging shooting incident, a federal jury on Thursday (July 13) decided that the shooter Robert Bowers was eligible for the death penalty.

Pittsburgh shooter, who wanted to 'kill every Jew he could find', eligible for death penalty

The man suspected of gunning down 11 people at a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that could see him sentenced to death, US media reported.

Synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty: Reports

A gunman man yelling, “All Jews must die,” stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue during Saturday services and shot worshipers, killing at least eight and wounding six including four police officers before he was arrested, local authorities and media said.

Gunman targets Pittsburgh synagogue in 'hate crime;' 8 reported dead

Gunman Robert Bowers only needed 20 minutes to sow terror at the Tree of Life synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh, where congregants had gathered peacefully for Shabbat services marking a day of rest.

US synagogue attacked: Twenty minutes of terror

US: 11 dead after heavily-armed gunman attacks synagogue A heavily armed gunman opened fire during a baby-naming ceremony at a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh on Saturday, killing 11 people and injuring six in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent American history.

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The 11 victims murdered at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest attack ever on the Jewish community in the United States were mostly older worshipers, ranging in age from 54 to 97, officials said on Sunday.