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Tel Aviv shooting: Gunman opens fire on busy bar in deadly New Year's Day attack in Israel | Tel Aviv shooting: Gunman opens fire on busy bar in deadly New Year's Day attack in Israel |
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A gunman has opened fire on a busy bar in central Tel Avivi, killing at least two people and wounding several more. | A gunman has opened fire on a busy bar in central Tel Avivi, killing at least two people and wounding several more. |
While initial reports on casualties varied, local media suggested two other people were seriously injured in the incident. | |
Witnesses described a single gunman armed with an assault rifle, with one telling the Time of Israel the shooter "smiled before opening fire". | |
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told the Associated Press it was not immediately clear if the attack was a terrorist incident or a gangland shooting. | Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told the Associated Press it was not immediately clear if the attack was a terrorist incident or a gangland shooting. |
But it comes in the midst of more than three months of near-daily violent incidents between Palestinians and Israelis. | But it comes in the midst of more than three months of near-daily violent incidents between Palestinians and Israelis. |
Speaking to Reuters, the bar's owner Nati Shakked said the assailant waited on a bench outside for the place to get busier before taking a machine-gun out of a bag and "shooting in every direction". | |
"It was a terrorist attack, without a doubt," Shakked told Israel's Channel Two television. | |
The gunman was believed to have escaped the scene. Channel 10 news reported that local businesses had shut as a large police force arrived on the scene, while police said a manhunt was underway. |
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