A person of interest in the slaying of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll is in custody, police said Sunday.

The person was not publicly identified, and police declined to explain why the person was a focus. They also declined to say whether the person of interest was the same person whom they initially arrested but then released in the slaying.

“In an effort to ensure the integrity of this ongoing investigation, no further details will be released at this time,” Detroit police said in a statement late Sunday.

It happened just two weeks after Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, sparking a war. In the wake of the fighting, antisemitic and anti-Arab attacks in the U.S. have been on the rise, and leaders in Jewish and Arab American communities have condemned domestic violence and hateful speech.

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      10 months ago

      Okay? There’s still no reason to make that assumption at this time. The person I replied to made a false claim in the above post where they said she was killed inside her home, which she wasn’t, and another false claim below where they said the cops said it wasn’t antisemitic, which they didn’t. So I don’t think they’re being agnostic here.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t know if it’s really assuming anything to say it isn’t. The negative position seems more neutral to me.