Two Arab men from East Jerusalem entered a synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel, and attacked the praying congregants with axes, knives, and a gun. They killed four dual-national worshippers and critically wounded an Israeli police officer. They also injured seven male worshipers.
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On the morning of 18 November 2014, two Arab men from East Jerusalem entered Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue, in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, and attacked the praying congregants with axes, knives, and a gun. They killed four dual-national worshippers and critically wounded a responding Druze Israeli police officer who later died of his wounds. They also injured seven male worshipers. It was the deadliest terror attack in Jerusalem since the Mercaz HaRav massacre in March 2008.
The two Palestinians, who were later killed by police, burst into a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday and killed four Israelis before being shot dead in the bloodiest attack in the city in years. Armed with a gun and meat cleavers the two palestinians attacked a place of worship and sent shock waves through the country, raising fears that the already deadly Israel-Palestinian conflict was taking on a dangerous religious dimension.
The bloodshed took place as months of unrest gripped the city's annexed Arab eastern sector, which has resulted in a string of deadly attacks by lone Palestinians and was further enflamed by the death of a Palestinian bus driver in controversial circumstances earlier this week. But none was as serious as Tuesday's assault on the synagogue in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood on the city's western outskirts as worshippers gathered for the morning prayers.
Although the police chief said initially that though his investigation was not complete he believed it appeared to be a lone wolf attack, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) which is a terrorist organisation, has claimed responsibility for the attack.