Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Breaking news on three fronts in our CNN global war coverage tonight. An Air Force plane goes down in western Iraq and a pair of attempted mass casualty attacks here at home. One at a Detroit area synagogue, which law enforcement sources tonight say could be war-related.

The other at Virginia's Old Dominion University with clear ties to global terrorism, according to

authorities. Both could have been far worse. That smoke you see pouring out of the temple,

Israel complex in West Bloomingfield, Michigan is from the attacker's burning car, which was apparently filled

with explosives. Authorities say the driver, armed with a rifle, rammed his way well into the

building, which houses a preschool and kindergarten before Temple security guards, quote,

engage the killer and neutralized the threat. Late tonight, multiple law enforcement sources

tell us that his vehicle is registered to a man

who was originally from Lebanon.

They also say they're investigating reports that he told people he had multiple family

members who were killed in a recent Israeli air strike.

Neither Iden was mentioned at a press conference late today.

Officials took no questions and said nothing about

the man's motives beyond this.

The FBI is here working with our state, local, and federal partners to investigate this

incident.

And I can confirm that we are leading the investigation right now as a targeted act of

violence against the Jewish community.

Well, the other attack today is being investigated explicitly as an act of terrorism.

It happened at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Authorities say the gunman entered an ROTC classroom and opened fire, killing one, wounding

two others before one of the students was able to stop the shooter and stab him to death.

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