The shooting of Catholic school children in the US State of Minnesota yesterday is being investigated as anti-Catholic terrorism.

In a post on X, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kash Patel, said the FBI “is investigating this shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics”.

The shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church at Annunciation Catholic School and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews during Mass just before 8:30 a.m.

There were 2 fatalities, an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old. In addition, 14 children and 3 adults were injured.

The shooter has been named as Robin Westman, a male born as Robert Westman who identified as transgender.

He posted a YouTube video before the attack, which showed an anti-Christian motivation for the murders and an affinity for mass shooters, Satanism, antisemitism, and racism.