Jerusalem synagogue attack

Officials announced Tuesday afternoon the names of all four victims of the bloody terror attack at the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in Jerusalem.

All who died in the explosion had held dual citizenship.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said on Tuesday two of its members were responsible for the attack in a Jerusalem synagogue that had left four people dead.

Israeli police called the incident a terrorist attack and said the two Palestinian assailants were cousins from east Jerusalem.

Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, reports Reuters.

According to CNN reports, the men came from East Jerusalem and also had a handgun.

Six other people were wounded during the attack in the Har Nof area of West Jerusalem including two responding police officers.