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IN PICTURES: Shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue

Images from the United States on the day of the deadliest attack on Jews in the country's history

October 27, 2018 23:22
Tammy Hepps, Kate Rothstein and her daughter, Simone Rothstein, 16, read from Tehilim, the book of Psalms a block away from the site of the shooting

By JC Reporter

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At least 11 people died when a man entered a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh and opened fire on Saturday.

The shooter entered the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in the city's Squirrel Hill neighbourhood at around 10am local time, during a baby-naming service.

Six people were injured, including four police officers.

The Anti-Defamation League said it was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in US history.

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