USA. Two employees of the Israeli embassy shot in front of the Museum in Washington

Two employees of the Israeli embassy were shot in front of the Jewish Museum in Washington. The police stopped the man.

According to ABC television, the victims of the shooting on Wednesday evening (at night in Poland) in front of the Jewish Museum in Washington are a man and a woman from the Israeli embassy in the US capital.

This information was confirmed by the head of the National Security Ministry Kristi Noem.

“Two employees of the Israeli embassy were senselessly killed tonight near the Jewish Museum in Washington. We are actively investigating and we are working on obtaining more information to make available. Please pray for prayer for the families of the victims. We will lead this broken perpetrator before justice,” she wrote.

A man in the hands of the police

The head of the police in Washington Pamela Smith said that the 30-year-old suspected of shooting employees was detained. He chanted “Free Palestine” in front of the Museum.

The Israeli ambassador at the UN Danny Danon said that he was “a depraved act of anti -Semitic terrorism.” He said that he had already talked to US President Donald Trump.

“The harm of the Jewish community exceeds the red line. We are convinced that the US authorities will take strong actions against people responsible for this criminal act. Israel will continue to act definitely to protect their citizens and representatives everywhere in the world,” he declared.

Trump made condolences to the families of the victims.