Church Attacks


Date	Location	Country	Summary	Motive
September 28, 2025^[1] ^[2]	Grand Blank Township, Michigan	USA	A gunman drove a truck into a Mormon church in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, then opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least one person and injuring nine before being fatally shot by police.
August 27, 2025^[3]	Minneapolis, Minnessota	USA	23-year-old Robin M. Westman, opened fire during an all-school Mass at Minneapolis’s Church of the Annunciation, killing two children and injuring 21 before dying by suicide.	Appears motivated by anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, and anti-Trump ideology. Has a history of transgender identification^[4]^[5]

[1] ttps://apnews.com/article/mormon-church-shooting-michigan-dcb79ee701b0b8076bf73e30e10ba2b7

[2] ttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/28/us/grand-blanc-shooting-church-michigan

[3] ttps://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-reported-catholic-school-minneapolis-governor/story?id=125022493

[4] ttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/administration-official-blames-trans-health-care-for-minnesota/

[5] ttps://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/robin-westman-minneapolis-shooting-church-annunciation-school-motive-b2816267.html

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