Local authorities say a Florida man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder because he had two men in it shooting in a car he believed was Palestinian, but turned out to be a visitor to Israel.
The Miami-Dade County Correction website said the suspect Mordechai Brafman, 27, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and booked Saturday's shooting on Sunday.
Police reports shared by the Miami Beach Police Department show that Bluffman said in an interview with police that he saw two people he thought were Palestinian while driving in Miami Beach. According to police, he said he stopped and shot them.
However, the victim survived. One was shot and the other was shot. Police said they turned out to be tourists from Israel, not Palestinians.
Reuters could not immediately identify Bluffman's representative or lawyer.
Human rights advocates say anti-Muslim, anti-Palestine and anti-Semitism hatred has begun to rise in the United States since the attack on the Palestinian militant group Hamas on October 7, 2023.
