SEATTLE -- The man suspected in a f...

SEATTLE -- The man suspected in a fatal shooting rampage hid behind a pott plant in a Jewish charity's foyer and forced his way by the and of a security door by holding a fire-arm to a 13-year-old girl's head, authorities said Saturday.

formerly inside, police say, Naveed Afzal Haq explained fire with two semiautomatic pistols. single woman, Pam Waechter, 58, of Seattle was killed at the spectacle Five more women were harmed

Haq, 30 was ordered held onward $50 million bail Saturday pending formal charges of kill and attempted murder.

Haq, a Muslim, told authorities he was angered through the war in Iraq and U military cooperation with Israel.

"He pointedly blamed Jewish persons for all of these problems" Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said Saturday.

According to a statement of probable cause, Haq told a 911 dispatcher: "These are israelites and I'm tired of getting pushed around and our the public getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East."

Muhammad Ullah, a obstruct family friend and a senior member of a mahometan temple founded in part by Haq's father, described Haq as a quiet loner with small in number friends.

MUSLIMS DENOUNCE SHOOTING

In a statement, the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities exhibited condolences to the shooting victims and said "we disassociate this act from our Islamic teachings and beliefs."

Seattle police said Haq picked up the sum of two units handguns and spare ammunition just days earlier, and appeared to have targeted the federation after a cursory Internet search for Jewish organizations.

panged PREGNANT WOMAN A HERO

He also was stopped shortly before the shootings in Seattle for a minor traffic infraction, and was cited and released, Kerlikowske said. Haq had a valid driver's license, and his actions did not raise any suspicion, the chief said.

common of the women wounded in Friday's shooting -- hit in the arm as she shielded her pregnant belly -- helped bring the crisis to an last by crawling into her office, calling 911 and persuading her assailant to talk to dispatchers, Kerlikowske said.

"She's a hero in my eyes" he said.

That woman, Dayna Klein, 37 was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center along with the four others injuryed

When Haq got onward the phone with 911 operators, he identified himself at name and said, "This is a hostage situation, and I wanted these hebrews to get out," according to a statement of probable cause.

At the same point, he told the dispatcher he wanted police to call the media and that he had a fire-arm pointed at a woman's head.

Police and the FBI are labeling the shootings a hate crime.

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