At least seven people have died this Friday and several more have been injured in an armed attack on a synagogue in Neve Yaakov, an Israeli settlement and neighborhood located in East Jerusalemaccording to police sources.
“There has been a shooting in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood in Jerusalem, there are several injured in the place. The terrorist has been neutralized,” the Israeli Police said on its official Twitter profile.
Preliminary reports suggest that the armed attack occurred near a synagogue. The police have reported that dozens of agents have mobilized to the place of the facts, as reported by the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.
Although the balance of the aforementioned media is five, other Israeli media, such as the Kan channel or the newspaper ‘The Jerusalem Post’, suggest that the victims are eight, although the number could increase due to the seriousness of the wounded.
Police have reported that the shooter fired at a group of Israelis from a car as they were leaving the synagogue. According to reports, the suspect was arrested and there are at least ten injured in critical condition, including a 70-year-old woman, a 20-year-old man, and a minor.
Source: Lasexta
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