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At least seven dead in an attack on a synagogue in East Jerusalem

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 Jerusalem, according to police sources.

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At least seven dead in an attack on a synagogue in East Jerusalem

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 Jerusalem, according to police sources.

"A short time ago there was a report of a shooting in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood in Jerusalem. As a result of the shooting, there are several injured in the place. The terrorist was neutralized," the Israeli Police stated on its official Twitter profile.

Preliminary reports suggest that the armed attack occurred in the vicinity of a synagogue. The suspect fired from a car at a building used as a synagogue, after which he fled to the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina.

The suspect, a resident of East Jerusalem, has exchanged shots with the Police and has tried to flee on foot, although he has finally been neutralized by the agents, mobilized in Beit Hanina after a warning of a "terrorist attack", as reported by the newspaper 'The Times of Israel'.

Although the balance is seven, the number could increase due to the seriousness of the injured, since there are at least three injured in critical condition in two hospitals in the area: a 70-year-old woman, a 20-year-old man, and a 30-year-old man. years. In addition, there are two people in moderate condition, a minor and a 60-year-old woman.

The Israel Police Commissioner, Kobi Shabtai, has indicated that this is "a serious and complex attack with a large number of victims", so they are searching the area to rule out that there are more people involved in the attack, according to 'Haaretz '.