At least 7 Israelis killed, several injured in Jerusalem synagogue shooting
Israeli police are investigating Friday night's deadly incident outside of an east Jerusalem synagogue.
Israeli police confirmed several people were killed and others injured in a shooting attack in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood in Jerusalem on Friday evening.
It is unclear yet if any of them were critically wounded. They were all dispatched to a nearby hospital.
With number of those killed climbing up to seven according to Haaretz, early indications suggested a terror attack.
The assailant reportedly shot people outside a synagogue in the Jerusalem neighborhood. He was then killed by security forces while fleeing the incident. Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai arrived to the scene of the shooting shortly after the incident.
