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Gunman is killed in Jerusalem attack

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From Times Wire Reports

A man grabbed a pistol from an Israeli security guard in Jerusalem’s Old City and wounded him, but was fatally shot by another guard as he tried to flee, Israeli police said. Rescue teams reported that nine other people were wounded in the melee.

The assailant who wrested the weapon from the guard in the Old City’s Christian Quarter had no identification, police said.

The wounded included Jews, Christians and Armenians, police said. It was not immediately clear whether any were tourists.

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