Although Abbas acted alone, according to police, witnesses stated that shots were fired from three directions and that there had been at least three attackers dressed in jellabiyas, all but one fleeing before police arrived.[8][9] There were also reports that not only worshipers at the mosque were attacked, but that the gunman had rampaged through the village, killing at least two boys.[3] Various higher death tolls were reported, ranging from 23[4] and 24[10] to 27 people killed and 49 wounded.[11]