Man and woman found dead in apartment on outskirts of Jerusalem in possible murder-suicide

Two people were found dead in an apartment in Mevaseret Zion on the outskirts of Jerusalem a short while ago, police say, in an incident being investigated as a possible murder-suicide.

The two, a 30-something man and a woman in her 80s, were pronounced dead by Magen David Adom medics who were called to the apartment by the person who discovered them there.

Police say in a brief statement that they have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding their deaths.

Forces from the local police station and the Jerusalem District Forensic Unit are working at the scene of the incident.

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