Five shot dead at Jerusalem synagogue - reports

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Israeli emergency service personnel and security forces stand near a covered body at the site of a reported attack in a settler neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, on January 27, 2023.Image source, Getty Images

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Israeli emergency service personnel and security forces attended the scene

At least five people are reported to have been shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem, with others injured.

The incident happened in the city's Neve Yaakov neighbourhood at around 20:15 local time (18:15 GMT).

Israel's ambulance service reported 10 casualties in total, some of them seriously wounded.

Israel's police department said that the suspected attacker had been "neutralised".

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