CNN — Israeli police say at least seven people were killed and three were injured in a shooting near a synagogue in Jerusalem on Friday amid high tensions in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Friday’s gunman was also later killed by police forces, according to police, in what police chief Yaakov Shabtai described as «one … Leer más
An anti-Islam activist burned copies of the Muslim holy book near a mosque in Copenhagen and outside the Turkish embassy in Denmark. Rasmus Paludan, a far-right activist who holds both Danish and Swedish citizenship, had previously infuriated the Turkish government by staging a Koran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21. On Friday, he replicated the … Leer más
BREAKBREAK, The shooting follows a deadly Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday in the Jenin refugee camp in which nine Palestinians were killed. A gunman opened fire and killed at least seven people outside a synagogue in East Jerusalem before being shot, raising fears of a new round of deadly violence between … Leer más
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s National Rescue Service Mada said a gunman killed five people and injured three others in a shooting near a synagogue Friday night in East Jerusalem in one of the attacks deadliest against Israelis in years. The shooter was shot and reportedly killed. The killings came a day after Israeli troops killed … Leer más
A guard is killed and two others injured by a man armed with an assault rifle, according to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. A guard was killed in an attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran, the country’s foreign ministry said. “The attacker broke through the guard post, killing the security chief with a Kalashnikov assault rifle,” … Leer más
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING HISTORY, The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said a guard was killed in the attack. A guard was killed in an armed attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, the Iranian capital, the country’s foreign ministry said. «The attacker broke through the guard post, killing the security chief with a Kalashnikov assault rifle,» he added. … Leer más
Israel launched several airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip a day after Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians – including an elderly woman – in the Jenin refugee camp, marking one of the deadliest raids in the occupied West Bank. the Israeli army for years. Local sources in Gaza told Al Jazeera that Israeli warplanes hit … Leer más