“These horrific terrorist attacks once again remind us of a simple and painful truth: no matter how much we have differences among ourselves against our enemies who want to harm us and kill us, we must maintain unity,” TASS quoted him as saying.

He urged the citizens of Israel to remain vigilant and behave responsibly.

On the evening of January 27, a man opened fire on people in a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov area.

Arriving at the scene, the police entered into a shootout with the attacker, as a result of which he was neutralized.

Police confirmed the death of seven people as a result of the shooting.

According to The Times of Israel, police detained 42 people in connection with the attack.

Later it became known that one of the dead as a result of the shooting was a citizen of Ukraine.

Data on the Russians who suffered as a result of the terrorist attack near the synagogue in East Jerusalem was not received by the Russian embassy.