{
  "id": 11609259,
  "title": "US Hindu Temple Attack: Ohio’s Shree Swaminarayan Vadtal Dham Targeted In Brick-Hurling Attack, Windows Shattered | Watch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/us-hindu-temple-attack-ohios-shree-swaminarayan-vadtal-dham-targeted",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T04:35:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/us-hindu-temple-attack-ohios-shree-swaminarayan-vadtal-dham-targeted-in-brick-hurling-attack-windows-shattered-watch"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Hindu American Foundation has reported an alleged attack on a Hindu temple in Ohio, United States. The perpetrators hurled bricks at the structure, causing significant damage to windows at the Shree Swaminarayan Vadtal Dham Hindu Mandir temple in Richmond Heights, Ohio. The attack occurred on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary and during the beginning of Hindu Heritage Month, which was declared by the state of Ohio. The Hindu American Foundation, a non-profit organization, is concerned about the rising hate crimes against the Hindu American community in the US. They have called for law enforcement to prioritize the apprehension of the perpetrator(s) and urge elected leaders to condemn such hateful rhetoric.",
  "summary": "Washington DC: In an alleged targeted attack at a temple in the United States, American non-profit organisation, The Hindu American Foundation, has said that a Hindu temple in Ohio was targeted, with perpetrators hurling bricks at the structure and causing significant damage. This outrageous attack comes on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary and the beginning of Hindu Heritage Month as decreed by…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}