Gunman kills eight at Jewish seminary in Jerusalem before he is slain

Friday, March 7, 2008

JERUSALEM — A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study session Thursday, killing eight people and wounding nine before he was slain, police and rescue workers said. It was the first major militant attack in Jerusalem in more than four years.

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