Death Toll in Jerusalem Synagogue Attack Climbs to Five

A bullet hole in a synagogue`s front glass seen from inside and looking outwards to the Har Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem, 18 November 2014. Photo by EPA/BGNES

The death toll in Tuesday’s deadly terrorist attack at a Jerusalem synagogue has risen to five.

30-year-old police officer Zidan Nahad Seif, who had been shot during the attack, died Tuesday night in hospital, according to reports of Haaretz.

On Tuesday morning, two assailants armed with a gun, knives and axes stormed into a synagogue in the western Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof, killing four and leaving seven people injured.

The two attackers,Palestinians from East Jerusalem, were killed in a shootout with a police.

The terror attack was condemned by Israeli and Palestinian leaders, as well as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the US President, and a number of foreign ministers of EU countries.

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