Two killed in shooting on Tel Aviv thoroughfare, motive unclear

Israeli medics evacuate a wounded person from the scene of a shooting incident in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv - The assailant had waited on a bench outside before taking a machine-gun out of a bag and "shooting in every direction".

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By Reuters

Published: Fri 1 Jan 2016, 5:24 PM

Last updated: Fri 1 Jan 2016, 7:29 PM

A gunman killed two people and wounded at least three others in central Tel Aviv on Friday before fleeing, Israeli police said, adding that the motive for the attack was unclear.
Nati Shakked, owner of the Simta bar on Dizengoff Street, which was hit by gunfire, said the assailant had waited on a bench outside before taking a machine-gun out of a bag and "shooting in every direction".
Israel has seen a wave of Palestinian street attacks since October, fuelled in part by Muslim anger over stepped-up Jewish visits to Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque complex.
"It was a terrorist attack, without a doubt," Shakked told Israel's Channel Two television.
Police said a manhunt was under way in Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial capital.

Members of the Israeli security forces stand outside a pub following an attack by an unidentified gunman who opened fire killing two people and wounding five others in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
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Published: Fri 1 Jan 2016, 5:24 PM

Last updated: Fri 1 Jan 2016, 7:29 PM

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