Two dead as synagogue stands collapse near Jerusalem, say medics | Malay Mail

A view inside a synagogue where a grandstand collapsed during a religious celebration in Givat Zeev, in the occupied West Bank, May 16, 2021. — Reuters picGIVAT ZEEV, May 17 — Two people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when grandstand seating collapsed at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said.

The incident occurred outside Jerusalem “as hundreds were congregated” for the Jewish Shavuot feast, a Magen David Adom emergency services spokesman told Israeli channel Kan.Magen David Adom in a statement reported the “deaths of two injured, including a 40-year-old man and a 12-year-old boy”.Images circulating on social media showed the stands collapsing as dozens of men prayed.

“Praying in this building was forbidden,” Jerusalem police commander Doron Tourgeman said at the site. “My heart goes out to the victims of the Givat Zeev catastrophe,” Defence Minister Benny Gantz wrote on Twitter, adding that army forces were seeking to assist with the evacuation.The deadly crush in late April at Mount Meron in northern Israel has been described as one of the worst peacetime disasters since the nation’s founding in 1948.Israel’s state comptroller earlier this month announced the launch of an investigation into the stampede.

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