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Five shot dead at Jerusalem synagogue | |
(32 minutes later) | |
Israeli emergency service personnel and security forces attended the scene | |
At least five people are reported to have been shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem, with others injured. | |
The incident happened in the city's Neve Yaakov neighbourhood at around 20:15 local time (18:15 GMT). | |
Israel's ambulance service reported 10 casualties in total, some of them seriously wounded. | |
Israel's police department said that the suspected attacker had been "neutralised". | Israel's police department said that the suspected attacker had been "neutralised". |
They have called the incident a terror attack. | |
Two people are said to be in critical condition, while three others have sustained either moderate or serious injuries. | |
Local media report that the suspect was killed by security forces as he was fleering the scene. | |
The US has condemned the attack. A spokesperson for the state department, Vedant Patel, said: "We stand with the Israeli people in solidarity." | |
Tensions have been high since nine Palestinians - both militants and civilians - were killed during an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. | |
This was followed by rocket fire into Israel from Gaza, to which Israel responded with air strikes. | |
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