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| At least 8 killed in attack in west Jerusalem attack |
| 2008-03-06 |
| JERUSALEM (AFP) - At least eight people were killed and 35 wounded on Thursday night in an attack on a religious school in predominantly Jewish west Jerusalem, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. "We have counted eight dead and 35 wounded," an official of the service, equivalent to the Red Cross, told army radio. Initial media reports said one or two "terrorists" entered the school and opened fire indiscriminately, killing and wounding students. Public television said two Palestinians were killed when they attacked the school, Merkaz Harav Yeshiva, in the Kyriat Moshe neighbourhood, and that many people had been wounded. The report added that an explosives belt had been recovered from the body of one of the Palestinians. Earlier, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP that "shooting broke out in the Kyriat Moshe district" of Jerusalem. "We still do not know whether terrorists are involved," he added. There was no immediate claim for the attack. |
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