Two Israeli Embassy Employees get Killed in Washington
SMA NEWS – WASHINGTON
Two individuals affiliated with the Israeli embassy in the United States were killed on Wednesday evening.
Security sources in Argentina reported that two individuals working at the Israeli embassy in Washington were killed in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
The New York Post quoted security sources as saying that the two individuals shot near the museum were affiliated with the Israeli embassy, and that the two victims may have been participating in an event organized by the American Jewish Committee in the capital.
The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations stated that “the deadly shooting outside the Jewish Museum in Washington is an anti-Semitic terrorist act.”
CNN quoted a US security source as saying that an investigation had been opened to determine the motives and circumstances of the incident, and that more information about the incident would be released when confirmed information about the crime becomes available.
