Three shot at holy site
Three gunmen opened fire on police near Jerusalem’s holiest site yesterday, wounding three Israelis, two of them critically, before the attackers were killed by security forces. The gunmen arrived at the sacred site, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, and walked towards one of the Old City gates nearby, police spokeswoman Luba Simri said. ’’When they saw policemen, they shot towards them and then escaped towards one of the mosques in the Temple Mount compound,’’ Simri said. ‘‘A chase ensued and the three terrorists were killed by police.’’ She said three firearms were found on their bodies. Mobile phone video footage aired by Israeli media showed several policemen chasing a man and shooting him. Israeli authorities were still working to identify the attackers, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
Acid attacks in London
A male teenager was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and robbery after five suspected acid attacks in less than 90 minutes in east London yesterday. One victim was said to have suffered ‘‘lifechanging’’ injuries. The Metropolitan Police said two of the incidents involved the victims having their mopeds stolen. Two attackers on a moped pulled up to the five separate men and doused them with a corrosive liquid, police said. All the victims were taken to hospital.
Fence jumper pleads guilty
A California man who breached the White House’s secure perimeter and roamed free for nearly 17 minutes pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of knowingly entering and remaining in restricted grounds. Jonathan Tran, 27, faces sentencing in September over the March 10 incident, which led to renewed criticism of the United States Secret Service and further restrictions on public access to areas around the presidential residence. Tran, who was carrying Mace, a book on US President Donald Trump, and a laptop containing a letter addressed to the president about Russian hackers, climbed a 1.5-metre outer fence, a 2.4m vehicle gate, and then a 1m fence near the East Wing. He triggered multiple alarms, peered through a White House window and hid behind a pillar. Trump, who was at the White House that night, praised the Secret Service for doing ‘‘a fantastic job’’ responding to a ‘‘troubled person’’.
Monkey photographer broke
After six years of being embroiled in a bizarre dispute over who owns the copyright to the world’s best-known monkey selfie - the macaque that pressed the shutter, or the man who made it happen - a British wildlife photographer says he is now broke, demoralised and considering alternative careers as a tennis coach or dog walker. Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has taken legal action on the macaque’s behalf, and its lawyers appeared in court in San Francisco yesterday in their attempt to declare the primate the owner of its own image. David Slater said the dispute had cost him ‘‘tens of thousands of pounds’’ in lost earnings and effectively ended his 17-yearcareer. He also said that Peta was representing the wrong macaque - it was not a male called Naruto in the photo, but a female called Ella.