Latest update is that FOUR are dead, thirteen wounded...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/187581#.VGrkaXVGjUYFour people are dead and thirteen people are injured Tuesday morning, after two Arab terrorists entered a synagogue on Agassi Street in Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood bearing guns, axes, and knives.
The terrorists began attacking worshippers, stabbing them, before opening fire.
Initial footage of the attack has now surfaced. Shots can be heard fired in the background.
Police who arrived at the scene shortly after the shooting began shot both attackers dead, it has now been confirmed.
Medics are currently at the scene treating the wounded, as photos from social media show.
"One of the worshipers came out full of blood, and said - there was a massacre," a witness told IDF Radio. "Police took 11 minutes to arrive and paramedics arrived five minutes later."
Arie Shavit, a volunteer medic for United Hatzalah, spoke to Arutz Sheva Tuesday shortly after the shooting. He was one of the first to arrive at the scene.
"Two terrorists infiltrated the synagogue and massacred worshipers during prayer," he stated, noting they were "wearing prayer shawls and phylacteries."
"I and other volunteers of United Hatzalah provided primary care to a number of casualties suffering from different injuries, and unfortunately some of them were injured critically," he continued. "The Police came and neutralized the terrorists. This was an attack - one which included shootings and stabbings."
Updates to follow.
Topic: Terror attack on Israeli synagogue (Read 3119 times)