Palestinian gunman wounds two in fresh Jerusalem attack - a day after seven ... trends now

Palestinian gunman wounds two in fresh Jerusalem attack - a day after seven ... trends now
Palestinian gunman wounds two in fresh Jerusalem attack - a day after seven ... trends now

Palestinian gunman wounds two in fresh Jerusalem attack - a day after seven ... trends now

A Palestinian gunman has wounded at least two people after opening fire in east Jerusalem this morning.

Yesterday another assailant killed seven outside a synagogue in the deadliest attack in the city since 2008.

The shooting in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem, near the historic Old City, wounded at least two men, aged 23 and 47, in their upper bodies, paramedics said.

They were fully conscious and in moderate to serious condition in the hospital, the medics added.

A man on a stretcher, suspected to be attacker, is brought to a Police van by Israeli police officers at the scene of a shooting near the Old City in Jerusalem

A man on a stretcher, suspected to be attacker, is brought to a Police van by Israeli police officers at the scene of a shooting near the Old City in Jerusalem

Israeli security forces gather in Jerusalem's predominantly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan, where an assailant reportedly shot and wounded two people

Israeli security forces gather in Jerusalem's predominantly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan, where an assailant reportedly shot and wounded two people

Israeli police officers and rescue services at the scene of a shooting

Israeli police officers and rescue services at the scene of a shooting

Police shot the attacker, but there was no immediate word on his condition. Authorities taped off the scene of the attack and emergency vehicles and security forces swarmed the area as helicopters whirled overhead.

Saturday's events raised the possibility of even greater conflagration in one of the bloodiest months in Israel and the occupied West Bank in several years.

On Friday, a Palestinian gunman killed at least seven people in a Jewish settlement with a large ultra-Orthodox population in east Jerusalem, including a 70-year-old woman.

Police said the gunman arrived at around 8.15 p.m. and opened fire, hitting a number of people before he was killed by police. TV footage showed several victims lying in the road outside the synagogue being tended to by emergency workers.

The attack, which police described as a 'terrorist incident', underlined fears of an escalation in violence after months of clashes in the West Bank culminating in an Israeli raid in Jenin on Thursday

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