VIDEO: A gunman kills at least eight people in a Jerusalem synagogue

Photo: Twitter / Israel Foreign Ministry

At least eight people were killed in a gun attack in the Jewish neighborhood of Neve Yaakov in Jerusalem, Israeli doctors and police said.

An assailant armed with an assault rifle opened fire on worshipers in or around a synagogue in the neighborhood, according to initial reports.

In the attack, which the authorities consider terrorist, a dozen people were injured and taken to the hospital.

Police said they "neutralized" the attacker.

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