At least seven people were killed in a shooting outside a synagogue in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Friday, with the gunman killed at the scene, police and medics said. The Police in a statement said a terrorist arrived at a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov boulevard in Jerusalem and proceeded to shoot at a number of people in the area.
The statement added that police forces quickly arrived at the scene, engaged with the terrorist and in the process, neutralised him. Police were dismantling a white vehicle at the scene, believed to have belonged to the shooter. A paramedic with the Magen David Adom emergency response agency, said a total of 10 gunshot victims, including a 70-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy.
Chidozie Chima | September 13, 2024
