Update: 8 Killed, 35 Wounded in Merkaz HaRav
(IsraelNN.com) At least eight students were wounded in a terrorist shooting in the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem on Thursday night. Thirty-five were wounded.One terrorist was shot and killed during the attack. The terrorist was wearing an explosives belt, which has not yet been neutralized. Police began clearing all students from the area.
Police are searching the area for a second terrorist who may have escaped.
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
(IsraelNN.com) Two Arab terrorists infiltrated Jerusalem's Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva at around 8:30 Thursday night and murdered eight Jews. At least 40 people have been wounded; one is in critical condition and a second victim was wounded moderately.
The attackers opened fire on the students before one of them was gunned down himself. A second terrorist apparently escaped and may be hiding in the yeshiva building. Security forces are deployed in the surrounding neighborhood, with police scouring the yeshiva and connected buildings. All the students have been evacuated, according to police spokesmen.
50 ambulances responded to the scene, which emergency responders have called "a major incident."
The Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva is located near the entrance to Jerusalem, in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood. The yeshiva, founded by Rabbi Avaraham Yitzhak Kook, is at the heart of the national-religious movement in Israel.
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