US confirms three Americans killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack

US confirms three Americans killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack

FP Archives November 18, 2014, 20:45:14 IST

Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said that three victims were Israelis with US nationality, and the fourth was an Israeli with British nationality.

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US confirms three Americans killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack

London: Three of the four victims of the deadly Palestinian attack on a Jerusalem synagogue had US citizenship, a spokeswoman for the State Department said Tuesday, confirming an announcement made earlier by Israeli police.

Cops at the site of the Synagogue attack. Reuters

“We can confirm that three US citizens, Mosheh Twersky, Aryeh Kupinsky and Cary William Levine, were killed in the attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem,” she told reporters travelling with US Secretary of State John Kerry in London.

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Earlier, Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said that three victims were Israelis with US nationality, and the fourth was an Israeli with British nationality.

A spokesman for the British Foreign Office in London confirmed to AFP: “We are aware of the death of a dual British-Israeli national in Israel on 18th November.” No name was given.

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