New York, April 14: Pennsylvania슬롯사이트™s Governor Josh Shapiro and his family have escaped an early morning attack on his official mansion, where a man evaded security and set the building on fire. He will now face terrorism charges. Shapiro said that they were woken up at about 2 am on Sunday by police and safely evacuated from the residence in the state capital Harrisburg.

Officials said that a 38-year-old man, Cody Balmer, who had jumped over the fence to avoid the police guarding the house before setting the fire and escaping, was later arrested in the city. The local prosecutor, Fran Chardo, said that Balmer would be charged with terrorism, attempted murder, and arson. Shapiro is Jewish and the attack happened during his religion슬롯사이트™s sacred days of Passover that commemorates the Jews슬롯사이트� ancient escape from slavery in Egypt.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천US: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro Signs Artillery Shell As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Smiles in the Background, Video Goes Viral.

Hours earlier, the governor had held the ritual Seder dinner for the occasion at the very room where the fire was set. "If he was trying to terrorise my family, my friends슬롯사이트�, Shapiro said, 슬롯사이트œwe celebrated our faith proudly, no one will deter me from celebrating my faith openly and proudly슬롯사이트�. 슬롯사이트œThis type of violence is not OK. I don슬롯사이트™t give a damn if it슬롯사이트™s from one particular side or another. It슬롯사이트™s not OK슬롯사이트�, he said at a news conference outside his house.

An influential Democratic Party leader, Shapiro was among the finalists to be the vice president nominee on Kamala Harris슬롯사이트� presidential ticket last year. Shapiro thanked Kash Patel, the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who, he said, 슬롯사이트œpromised all of the resources of the federal government슬롯사이트�. The property of a man with a name similar to the alleged attacker was listed for auction under court orders for defaulting on the mortgage.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Police: Someone Set Fire to Pennsylvania Governor's Residence; No One Injured.

The attack on the governor슬롯사이트™s mansion is the latest in the series of violence directed against politicians in the polarised US. Last year, US President Donald Trump was injured in an assassination bid in Pennsylvania while campaigning for election, and another was foiled in Florida.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 A man entered the house of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2023, and her husband was seriously injured in the attack.

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