米判事宅銃撃事件、容疑者は「反フェミニスト」弁護士

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】米ニュージャージー州にある連邦地裁判事の自宅が銃撃された事件について捜査当局は、20日に遺体で発見された「反フェミニスト」の弁護士が容疑者であると発表した。（写真は資料写真）
　発表によると、米連邦捜査局（ＦＢＩ）は、１９日にエスター・サラス判事の自宅を襲撃し、判事の息子を射殺、夫を負傷させたのはロイ・デン・ホランダー容疑者であると特定した。
　米メディアは警察の話として、事件から数時間後の２０日朝、ホランダー容疑者の遺体がニューヨーク州で発見されたと報じた。銃で自殺したとみられている。
　ＡＢＣによるとサラス判事にけがはなく、息子のダニエル・アンダルさん（２０）は訪問者に対応しようと玄関に出たところを射殺されたという。
　ニュースサイト「ニュージャージー・グローブ」は、刑事事件の弁護士で元検事でもある、サラス判事の夫マーク・アンダル氏は負傷して手術を受け、重体だが容体は安定していると報じた。
　複数の報道は警察関係者の話として、容疑者は運輸大手フェデックスの配達員の制服を着ていたとみられると報じた。
　ニュージャージー州の連邦検事事務所は犯行動機を明らかにしておらず、捜査が進行中であると述べた。
　報道によると、ホランダー容疑者は「反フェミニスト」弁護士を自称しており、近年は女性を標的に多くの訴訟を起こしていた。
　米紙ニューヨーク・タイムズによると、同容疑者は女性に割引料金を提供するナイトクラブを提訴したほか、女性学の講義を開講していることに対し米コロンビア大学を提訴していた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/07/22-13:15）

An anti-feminist lawyer found dead Monday is suspected of killing the son of a US federal judge and wounding her husband at their New Jersey home, investigators said.
The FBI has identified Roy Den Hollander as the main suspect in the shooting attack on Judge Esther Salas's family on Sunday, US prosecutors said in a statement.
Hollander's body was found in New York state on Monday morning, hours after the shooting. He had apparently shot himself, US media reported citing law enforcement officials.
Judge Esther Salas was not hurt in Sunday's attack, ABC News said.
Her son Daniel Anderl, 20, was shot dead when he answered the door, ABC and CNN said, citing sources.
He was shot through the heart, North Brunswick mayor Francis Womack, a friend of the judge, told ABC.
The judge's husband Mark Anderl, a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor, was in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery, the New Jersey Globe reported.
The gunman appeared to be dressed as a FedEx driver, according to reports citing law enforcement sources.
The office of the US attorney for New Jersey did not offer a motive for the crime and said its investigation was ongoing.
Den Hollander was a self-described anti-feminist lawyer who filed numerous lawsuits targeting women in recent years, US media reported.
He had sued nightclubs for offering ladies' night discounts and Columbia University for offering courses on women's studies, said The New York Times.
In 2015, he brought a lawsuit before Salas that challenged the men-only military draft, said US media.
On his website, he called on men to fight for their rights before they no longer have them.
Judge Salas, 51, was the first Hispanic woman to serve as a federal district judge in New Jersey and was nominated to her current position by President Barack Obama in 2010.
I know Judge Salas and her husband well, and was proud to recommend her to President Obama for nomination to New Jersey's federal bench, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez said in a statement quoted by media.
My prayers are with Judge Salas and her family, and that those responsible for this horrendous act are swiftly apprehended and brought to justice.
The judge is currently assigned to a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of Deutsche Bank investors who say the bank failed to properly monitor customers it had deemed to be high-risk -- including convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself last year while in prison awaiting trial.
Salas has handled several high-profile cases and presided over the 2014 fraud trial of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe.