The attackers were killed by security forces.
JERUSALEM (CBSNewYork) — Police in Israel say three gunmen opened fire near one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites on Friday, killing two officers.
The attackers were then killed by security forces.
Israeli security forces stand guard in Jerusalem’s Old City on July 14,2017 following a shooting attack. (Photo: THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
The site is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. It’s the holiest site in Judaism and the third-holiest in Islam.
The site has been a flashpoint for Israeli-Palestinian violence in the past.
