The attack was a targeted act of violence, "believed to be motivated by the assailant’s anti-religious beliefs against the Mormon religious community," the FBI said Friday.

The FBI has confirmed that the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze was motivated by “anti religious beliefs” against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed the number of dead and injured in the shooting at an LDS church in Grand Blanc, Mich., in Sept. Authorities have confirmed five dead, including the assailant, and nine injured.