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Pope's sorrow over Brussels shooting

Pope Francis says he is deeply saddened by a deadly shooting attack at Brussels' Jewish Museum which has left three people dead.

Pope Francis says he is deeply saddened by a deadly shooting attack in Belgium which has left three people dead, including two Israelis.

"I am profoundly saddened, my thoughts go out to those who lost their lives in the attack in Brussels," the 77-year-old pontiff said as he arrived in Israel on the final leg of a three-day Middle East tour on Sunday.

"I entrust the victims to God," he said of the attack which took place at the Jewish museum in the Belgian capital.

The shooting also killed a French national and left a fourth person in critical condition.

"Let us promote an education ... where there will be no place for anti-Semitism in any of its forms or for expressions of hostility, discrimination or intolerance towards any individual or people," the Pope said.


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