American media reported that two employees were killed at the Israeli embassy in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Washington.
The American police confirmed the arrest of the suspect in the shooting accident, as the Washington police chief reported that a suspect was under detention, adding: “The suspect was seen wandering out of the museum before the shooting, and security personnel arrested him later.”
According to the American police, “the suspect in the killing of the Israeli embassy employees in Washington chanted (freedom for Palestine) during his arrest.”
“The shooting incident outside the Jewish Museum in Washington is an anti -Semitic terrorist act,” said Israel Danny Danone’s ambassador Danny Danone.
Danone explained that he spoke to US President Donald Trump after the shooting incident.
According to the Israeli embassy in Washington, the embassy employees, who were killed outside the Jewish Museum in the city, “were shot at a close distance.”
For his part, Ted Deutsche, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, confirmed in a statement to “ABC News”, that the committee had organized an event in the museum on Wednesday evening, adding: “We are shocked by this heinous violent work that took place outside the place of the event.”
In turn, US Secretary of Homeland Security confirmed, “Two employees of the Israeli embassy were killed in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Washington.”
American media said that the suspect in the killing of the Israeli embassy employees in Washington chanted “freedom for Palestine”, during the implementation of the attack.
According to the “CBS” network, the two dead are an Israeli diplomat working in the embassy and his wife, and they were shot when they left the Jewish Museum, and it appears that the attack was previously planned.
The network indicated that there are also others injured from the embassy employees in the shooting accident.
Washington’s mayor confirmed that “there is no active threat after shooting at the Israeli embassy employees.”
