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| Jerusalem 'terrorist attack': British-born grandfather and three US citizens identified as four killed in synagogue | Jerusalem 'terrorist attack': British-born grandfather and three US citizens identified as four killed in synagogue |
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| A British-Israeli national has been identified as one of four people killed by knife-wielding attackers in a Jerusalem synagogue today. | A British-Israeli national has been identified as one of four people killed by knife-wielding attackers in a Jerusalem synagogue today. |
| Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, 68, and three US-Israeli citizens died when two assailants, described by Israeli police as ‘terrorists’ went on a killing spree armed with a pistol and a meat cleaver in a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof neighbourhood. | Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, 68, and three US-Israeli citizens died when two assailants, described by Israeli police as ‘terrorists’ went on a killing spree armed with a pistol and a meat cleaver in a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof neighbourhood. |
| Eight others were injured in the attack. | Eight others were injured in the attack. |
| Rabbi Goldberg lived in Golders Green, London, for a number of years before moving to Israel, Haaretz reports. | Rabbi Goldberg lived in Golders Green, London, for a number of years before moving to Israel, Haaretz reports. |
| Haaretz identified the other victims as US-born Aryeh Kupinsky, 43, and Kalman Zeev Levine, 55, both residents of Har Nof, and Mosheh Twersky, 59, who taught at a Jerusalem seminary. A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: “We are aware of the death of a dual British-Israeli national in Israel on 18 November 2014. " | Haaretz identified the other victims as US-born Aryeh Kupinsky, 43, and Kalman Zeev Levine, 55, both residents of Har Nof, and Mosheh Twersky, 59, who taught at a Jerusalem seminary. A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: “We are aware of the death of a dual British-Israeli national in Israel on 18 November 2014. " |
| Police said the attackers, who were shot dead by police, were Palestinian cousins from East Jerusalem. | |
| The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a militant group, said the cousins were its members. | The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a militant group, said the cousins were its members. |
| Photos distributed by Israeli authorities showed a man in a prayer shawl lying dead, a bloodied butcher's cleaver on the floor and prayer books covered in blood. | Photos distributed by Israeli authorities showed a man in a prayer shawl lying dead, a bloodied butcher's cleaver on the floor and prayer books covered in blood. |
| Hamas praised the attack, saying it was a "response to continued Israeli crimes, the killing, desecrating al-Aqsa (mosque)". | Hamas praised the attack, saying it was a "response to continued Israeli crimes, the killing, desecrating al-Aqsa (mosque)". |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's violence as a "cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by despicable murderers and vowed to "respond with a heavy hand". | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's violence as a "cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by despicable murderers and vowed to "respond with a heavy hand". |
| Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, the first time he has done so since a recent spike in deadly violence against Israelis. He also called for an end to Israeli "provocations" surrounding the sacred site. | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, the first time he has done so since a recent spike in deadly violence against Israelis. He also called for an end to Israeli "provocations" surrounding the sacred site. |