Crowds panicked and people fled over gates and into the streets after two assailants unleashed a stun grenade and several rounds of automatic gunfire, allegedly targeting police officers standing guard at the Ottoman-era site. 
Watu walipatwa na taharuki huku wakikimbia na kuruka mageti na kisha kuingia mitaani pale wavamizi wawili walipotupa bomu la mkono pamoja na kuvurumisha mizunguko kadhaa ya risasi, shambulizi linalodhaniwa kuwa liliwalenga maafisa wa polisi waliokuwa wameweka doria katika eneo la Ottoman-era.