A shooting occurred in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem near the Border Police base on Tuesday morning, according to a report from an Israel Police spokesperson, APA reports citing Jerusalem Post.
United Hatzalah reported that two people were moderately injured in the attack. Both were conscious and receiving emergency care.
The two injured people were reportedly ultra-orthodox men aged 48 and 50 one of whom was sent to the Hadassah-University Medical Center on Mount Scopus and the other to Shaare Zedek Medical Center after receiving initial care at the scene.
The two men said they were on their way back from morning prayers in a car when they were shot.
Security forces searched the area for the shooter, who had escaped seemingly on foot and found a Carlo rifle near the scene shortly after the attack. Police searched mosques and homes in the neighborhood looking for the shooter.
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