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Terrorist attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem, 8 dead and 10 injured

Terrorist attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem, 8 dead and 10 injured

At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a synagogue in East Jerusalem.

Israel's Magen David Adom agency said ten more people were injured, some of them seriously.

The bomber opened fire on people leaving the synagogue after Friday night prayers.

Israel's emergency rescue services said the attacker was neutralized at the scene and that some of the injured are in critical condition.

The attack comes a day after the deadliest day for Palestinians in the West Bank in more than a year, when Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and wounded several others in the West Bank city of Jenin.