跟进：105名国会议员联名致信FBI 要求将Aurora印度教寺庙未遂枪击案按联邦仇恨犯罪调查

华盛顿——美国联邦众议员 Raja Krishnamoorthi 于10月20日率105名国会议员联名致信联邦调查局（FBI）局长 Kash Patel，要求该局将10月11日发生在伊利诺伊州 Aurora 市 Sri Venkateswara Swami（Balaji）印度教寺庙的未遂大规模枪击案，按潜在的联邦仇恨犯罪展开调查。事发当天，Krishnamoorthi 正与家人在这座位于芝加哥郊区的寺庙内礼拜。

联署者包括伊利诺伊州众议院民主党代表团全体成员、国会全部印度裔议员，以及联邦参议员 Dick Durbin、Tammy Duckworth、Andy Kim 与 Chris Van Hollen；华裔众议员赵美心（Judy Chu）、孟昭文（Grace Meng）与刘云平（Ted Lieu）也在联署名单之列。

议员们在信中写道：「据指控，该案集针对性的种族仇恨、宗教场所与大规模暴力的预谋于一身，需要联邦层面作出全面回应。我们感谢 FBI 据报已向地方调查人员提供协助，并敦促该局确保潜在的仇恨犯罪违法行为得到明确处理。」他们要求 FBI 在不影响正在进行的调查的前提下，于10月29日前以书面形式答复五个问题：是否正将此案按潜在联邦仇恨犯罪调查、是否同时审查种族与宗教偏见并与司法部民权司及相关联邦检察官办公室协调；调查是否涵盖被告使用网络平台散布威胁、选择目标或寻求协助的情况；FBI 如何在第一修正案框架内识别针对印度裔、印度教、锡克教及其他南亚裔社区的可信网络威胁；与州及地方执法部门和可能成为目标的宗教场所共享威胁信息的机制；以及 FBI 是否具备足够的人员与语言能力评估相关威胁。

前情方面，据检方指控，现年19岁、自称新纳粹分子的 Alexandros Paporakis 于10月11日试图在寺庙外向一名男子开枪，但步枪卡壳；他逃离后又向他人传达了返回作案的计划，一名同事随即报警，警方于当天将其逮捕。检方称，他撰写了一份八页的白人至上主义宣言，描述对印度裔人群实施暴力的图谋；调查人员在其住处等地搜出步枪、数百发子弹、防弹衣与白人至上主义图像资料。Paporakis 目前面临恐怖主义威胁与非法持有枪支等指控，相关指控仍待法庭审理。

联名信还引述数据说明背景：一份2026年9月发布的报告统计，2025年1月至2026年6月间，社交平台 X 上出现超过54.2万条针对南亚裔的仇恨帖文，月均数量较2024年1月上升约240%；卡内基基金会的一项调查显示，48%的印度裔美国受访者表示自2025年初以来经常或有时遭遇针对本族群的种族主义帖文，四分之一的人曾被人以侮辱性称呼辱骂。议员们同时批评特朗普政府部分官方账号的发文，认为其有为种族与宗教刻板印象背书之虞，并点名国土安全部一则涉及锡克教男子的帖文与教育部一则关于大学橄榄球的帖文。

据印度 IANS 通讯社10月22日报道，Krishnamoorthi 于当地时间周三晚在 X 上发文称，反印度裔仇恨在社交媒体上激增、大型科技公司从中获利，国会必须追究这些公司的责任；该帖附有一段47秒的视频，未点名具体公司，也未说明他拟推动的立法步骤。

关联：伊利诺伊州19岁男子涉嫌图谋枪击奥罗拉印度教寺庙 步枪卡壳未遂被捕

Follow-Up: 105 Lawmakers Urge FBI to Investigate Aurora Hindu Temple Attempted Shooting as a Federal Hate Crime

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi on October 20 led 105 members of Congress in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel urging the Bureau to investigate the October 11 attempted mass shooting at the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois, as a potential federal hate crime. Krishnamoorthi and his family were worshipping at the suburban Chicago temple when the attempted attack occurred.

The signers include the entire Illinois House Democratic delegation, every Indian American member of Congress, and Senators Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Andy Kim, and Chris Van Hollen. Chinese American Representatives Judy Chu, Grace Meng, and Ted Lieu also signed.

"The alleged combination of targeted racial hatred, a religious setting, and preparations for mass violence demands a comprehensive federal response," the lawmakers wrote. "We appreciate the FBI's reported assistance to local investigators and urge the Bureau to ensure that potential hate-crime violations receive explicit attention." The letter asks for written answers by October 29, to the extent consistent with the ongoing investigation, to five questions: whether the FBI is investigating the plot as a potential federal hate crime, examining both racial or ethnic bias and religious bias, and coordinating with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the appropriate U.S. Attorney's Office; whether investigators are examining the defendant's use of online platforms and any encouragement or assistance from others; what steps the Bureau is taking, consistent with the First Amendment, to identify credible online threats targeting Indian Americans, Hindu Americans, Sikhs, and other South Asian communities; what mechanisms exist for sharing threat information with state and local law enforcement and potentially targeted houses of worship; and whether the FBI has adequate personnel and language expertise for such assessments.

According to prosecutors, 19-year-old Alexandros Paporakis, a self-identified neo-Nazi, tried to shoot a man outside the temple on October 11, but his rifle jammed. He fled, later communicated plans to return, and was arrested the same day after a coworker alerted police. Prosecutors allege he authored an eight-page white supremacist manifesto describing violence against people of Indian descent at a Hindu house of worship. Investigators recovered a rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, body armor, and white supremacist imagery. Paporakis faces charges including making a terrorist threat and unlawful possession of a firearm; the charges remain pending in court.

The letter cited a September 2026 report identifying more than 542,000 anti-South Asian hateful posts on X between January 2025 and June 2026, with monthly volume rising approximately 240 percent from January 2024 to June 2026, and a Carnegie Endowment survey finding that 48 percent of Indian American respondents had encountered racist posts targeting their community very or somewhat often since the start of 2025, while one in four reported being called a slur. The lawmakers also criticized Trump administration messaging they said risks legitimizing racial and religious stereotypes, citing a Department of Homeland Security post depicting a Sikh man and a Department of Education post about college football.

In a further development reported by India's IANS news agency on October 22, Krishnamoorthi posted on X on Wednesday evening local time that anti-Indian hate is exploding on social media and that big tech companies are profiting from it, saying Congress must hold them accountable. The post carried a 47-second video, did not name any specific company, and did not set out legislative steps.

Related: Illinois 19-Year-Old Arrested After Rifle Jams in Alleged Plot Against Aurora Hindu Temple

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图片来源：联邦众议员 Raja Krishnamoorthi 官方肖像（美国众议院官方照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons）。 / Official portrait of U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (U.S. House official photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

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