Sacramento synagogue firebombings explained
The Sacramento synagogue firebombings were attacks on three Jewish congregations in Sacramento, California — Beth Shalom, B’nai Israel, and Knesset Israel — by the white supremacist brothers Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams on the night of June 18, 1999.[1]
Aftermath
The Williams brothers murdered a gay couple, Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder, on July 1, and set fire to Country Club Medical Center, which housed an abortion clinic, on July 2. They were arrested for the murder on July 7.[2]
See also
Notes and References
- News: Einhorn . Elissa . 20 years later, Sacramento synagogue bombings still hurt . 21 August 2019 . . 14 June 2019.
- News: Alex . Breitler . Maline Hazle . 2 arrested in killings - Palo Cedro brothers held in murders of Gary Matson, Winfield Mowder . Record Searchlight . 1999-07-09 . 2007-08-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060605070257/http://web.redding.com/specials/matson_mowder/stories/19990709.shtml . June 5, 2006 .
