Jerusalem: Boy, 13, ‘shoots and wounds’ two people, hours after gunman killed seven outside synagogue

From Sky News

Two people have been wounded after a 13-year-old boy allegedly opened fire in Jerusalem, hours after a deadly shooting outside a synagogue.

Israel’s national ambulance service said it was called to a “shooting terror attack” in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan, in east Jerusalem, on Saturday morning. The teenage suspect from east Jerusalem is alleged to have opened fire on a group of five civilians.

He was tackled by two passers-by carrying licensed guns, police said.

The suspect is Palestinian, according to the Associated Press, and he was arrested and taken to hospital. A handgun was also recovered at the scene.

Two men aged 23 and 47 – thought to be a father and son – were wounded in the incident. They were both taken to hospital in a “moderate to serious” condition, according to medics.

Israeli Police spokesman Dean Elsdunne said the teenage suspect “waited to ambush civilians on the holy Sabbath day”.