More than 40 people were detained after the terrorist attack in Jerusalem.

Israeli police said they have detained 42 people after a terrorist attack near a synagogue in East Jerusalem.

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On Friday evening, Israeli police reported a terrorist attack on a synagogue in East Jerusalem. According to Israeli police, as a result of shooting in the Neve Yaakov area, seven people were killed and three more were injured.

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Police said on Saturday that 42 people were detained in connection with the attack.

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According to law enforcement officers, among the detainees are relatives or acquaintances of the terrorist, who turned out to be 21-year-old resident of East Jerusalem Alkam Khayri.

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Israeli police said the shooting was carried out by an Arab resident of East Jerusalem, a part of the city that Israel has annexed and the Palestinians consider their capital. The attack follows the Israeli military’s killing of 10 Palestinians in a raid in the Palestinian West Bank city of Jenin.