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| Gunmen kill seven in Israeli Mercaz Harav seminary | |
| 2008-03-06 | |
| At least seven people have been killed by gunmen who are reported to have infiltrated and attacked a Jewish seminary in West Jerusalem. Israeli emergency services say at least six people were injured in the attack at the Mercaz Harav seminary in the Kiryat Moshe quarter of Jerusalem. Reports said one attacker was killed and police were hunting another. It is the worst attack of its kind for a number of years. There were no attacks within Jerusalem during 2007. The gunmen are said to have entered the building at the rabbinical seminary, where about 80 people were gathered. Yaron Tzuker, a medic, said he arrived as the gunfire was still going on. "They were still shooting when we got here," he told Channel 10 television. "We took cover and the ambulance was hit. It's horrible inside - dead bodies and wounded - it's horrific." The school is a well-known centre for Jewish studies and most students are aged between 18 and 30. It is said to identify with the leadership of the Jewish settlement movement - who believe the West Bank should be in Jewish and not Palestinian hands. There were reports of celebratory gunfire in Gaza after news broke about the attack. Hamas officials in Gaza welcomed the attack but stopped short of admitting responsibility. The BBC's Crispin Thorold says this will be a particularly shocking incident for the Israeli public and Jewish people around the world - which comes at an extremely tense time. Israel, he says, is likely to take retaliatory action.
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 Hey didn't this happen in a US school recently??? Man, there are some pretty screwed up people out there... Why do these people do this??? |
| Posted by: marc 2008-03-06 22:08 |
| #10 Now see, if they only had gun control people couldn't just charge into a school and shoot up innocents ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-03-06 21:03 |
| #9 Brave lion of Islam attacks a school. Cue moral equivocators. |
| Posted by: DK70 2008-03-06 20:17 |
| #8 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125487 pics form the scene, pretty graphic |
| Posted by: legolas 2008-03-06 20:05 |
| #7 Goddamn State department. Get rid of the fucking insane libs and be done with it. Olmert insanely quits right after he starts an action against Hamass, al-Qaeda and Hezbollah which only emboldens the remaining bad actors around Israel. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-03-06 19:29 |
#6
"Celebratory" gunfire after the murder of innocents. Words fail. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-03-06 16:24 |
| #5 In Gaza, the Islamic militant Hamas praised the attack but stopped short of claiming responsibility. Thousands poured into the streets to celebrate, firing rifles in the air."We bless the (Jerusalem) operation. It will not be the last," Hamas said in a text message sent to reporters. In Lebanon, Hezbollah's Al-Manar television said a previously unknown group called the Martyrs of Imad Mughniyeh and Gaza claimed responsibility for the attack. Tell the IDF to leave the "precision weapons" home when the payback comes... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-06 16:20 |
| #4 from an Israeli blog: The part-time yeshiva student who killed the terrorist, 40-year-old Yitzchak Dadon, said that he shot the attacker in the head with his personal weapon. David Shapira, a yeshiva student and officer in the paratroopers, heard the shots from his nearby home, ran to the yeshiva and “finished him off.” Asked by a Channel 2 TV reporter what weapon the Palestinian Authority terrorist had, Dadon said, “A Kalachnikov,” and turning to the camera, he angrily added, “The Kalachnikov that you gave him, President Peres…” Link |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-06 16:15 |
| #3 Gee, I'm glad we just gave them all that money too for a new peace center or some bullshit. Goddamn State department. Get rid of the fucking insane libs and be done with it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-06 16:08 |
| #2 love the little BBC perjorative |
| Posted by: legolas 2008-03-06 15:57 |
| #1 IDF please turn Gaza into a parking lot and be done with it. |
| Posted by: legolas 2008-03-06 15:56 |