Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A gunman killed at least seven people at a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police said Thursday.
Police said the 21-year-old attacker, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was killed in a shootout with police after fleeing the scene in a vehicle. Police also said they believed the attacker acted alone. Three people were critically injured, according the Israeli police's international spokesman Dean Elsdunne.