India, May 23 -- A 31-year-old man has been charged with federal and local murder offences in connection with the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff members outside the Jewish National Museum in the US capital, Washington, DC, on Wednesday, officials said.

He has been identified as Elias Rodriguez.

The victims, Yaron and Sarah, were in a relationship and planning to get engaged soon, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter confirmed.

The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, FBI Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen, and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith.

"This brutal, anti-Semitic violence has no place in our country or anywhere in civilization," said Attorney General Pa...