Two Israeli Embassy employees were killed in a shooting incident in Washington D.C., the capital of the United States.
The attack occurred around 9 PM local time on Wednesday (May 21) outside the Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., during an event. A woman and another individual died at the scene.
Police quickly arrived at the location, cordoning off the surrounding area and closing all nearby roads. Security forces were unable to immediately provide information regarding the motive behind the attack.
"The fatal shooting that took place outside the event that took place at the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC — in which Israeli embassy employees were also injured — is a depraved act of anti-Semitic terrorism," Israel's envoy to the United Nations Danny Danon said in a statement.
"Harming diplomats and the Jewish community is crossing a red line."
It is reported that an FBI office is located near the scene of the shooting.
