TERROR ATTACK AT JERUSALEM SCHOOL!! 8 Students Dead

UPDATE: The bodies of the murdered 15 and 16 year-old students were lined up after the terrorist school shooting today:

Murdered Yeshiva students lined up in Merkaz HaRav entrance hall, 06Mar08. (Arutz Sheva)

AT LEAST 8 STUDENTS ARE DEAD--
** One Jerusalem has friends at the scene who say the toll will be higher.

In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration.
** HAMAS blesses the attack.

'The terrorist fired 500-600 bullets before he was killed' -Jerusalem Post.

A Jewish religious school student holds the hand of fellow student as he is evacuated from the scene of a shooting attack in Jerusalem March 6, 2008. Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire in a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at least six people, the Zaka emergency service said. (Reuters)


Jewish religious school students evacuate a fellow student after he was injured in a shooting attack in Jerusalem March 6, 2008. Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire in a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at least six people, the Zaka emergency service said. The two gunmen were also killed in the assault at the Merkaz Harav seminary, Zaka said. But Israel Radio said one of the attackers may have escaped. (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

Charles Johnson and Haaretz has an initial report:

At least seven students were killed and six others were wounded Thursday evening when terrorists infiltrated the Merkaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, police said.

Three of the injured were listed as being in very serious condition and taken to Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Karem, while the other four were taken to Sha'arei Tzedek Medical Center in the capital. MDA declared the incident a "multiple casualty event."

Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that 7 are now confirmed dead in the attacks.


Al-Bawaba in Jordan- 8 are dead.

YNET reported that the terrorists opened fire in a packed dining hall:

Two terrorists infiltrated a rabbinical seminary at the entrance of Jerusalem and opened fire after nightfall Thursday, police said. The ZAKA emergency response service has confirmed at least eight people have been killed in addition to one of the terrorists.

Ambulances raced to the scene from around the city and paramedics confirmed numerous additional casualties. The gunmen entered a dining hall where about 80 people were gathered, witnesses said, and opened fire.

Paramedics said they treated six additional people for injuries – among them four in serious-to-critical condition.

Yitzhak Dadon, a student, said he was armed with a rifle and waited on the roof of a nearby building. ''He came out of the library spraying automatic fire ... the terrorist came to the entrance and I shot him twice in the head,'' he said.

Carl in Jerusalem is blogging on the attack.
Carl's relative at the school is OK.
One terrorist may still be on the loose in the neighborhood(?)
** Carl has video
Thanks to LGF Quick Links for many of these updates.

Yitzhak Dadon, the student who took the terrorist out said, "Olmert and Peres armed the terrorists."
Israel Matzav has video of Dadon being interviewed after killing the terrorist (in Hebrew).

UPDATE: Lawhawk has several updates on this very sad story.