Update: 8 killed, 10 injured in shooting attack in E. Jerusalem settlement


JERUSALEM, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and 10 others injured in a shooting attack in a settlement in East Jerusalem on Friday night, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a tweet.

According to Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service, several people were being treated for life-threatening injuries and the assailant had been shot dead.

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