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| Tel Aviv Shooting Leaves 2 Dead and 5 Wounded | Tel Aviv Shooting Leaves 2 Dead and 5 Wounded |
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| RAMALLAH, West Bank — The police in Tel Aviv were searching for a masked gunman on Friday who killed at least two people and wounded five others in a crowded bar in the city center. It was not clear whether the attack was an act of terrorism or was criminal in nature. | RAMALLAH, West Bank — The police in Tel Aviv were searching for a masked gunman on Friday who killed at least two people and wounded five others in a crowded bar in the city center. It was not clear whether the attack was an act of terrorism or was criminal in nature. |
| Israeli security forces rushed into nearby streets searching for the gunman and cordoned off the area, as witnesses comforted one another outside the bar. | |
| The gunman targeted at least two other businesses, a sushi restaurant and a cafe, although initial reports indicated that the casualties had come from the bar. | The gunman targeted at least two other businesses, a sushi restaurant and a cafe, although initial reports indicated that the casualties had come from the bar. |
| Two of the wounded were in serious condition, the Israeli news media reported, and all had been taken to hospitals in Tel Aviv, Micky Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the Israeli police, said on Twitter. | Two of the wounded were in serious condition, the Israeli news media reported, and all had been taken to hospitals in Tel Aviv, Micky Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the Israeli police, said on Twitter. |
| Israel has experienced a surge in Palestinian violence recently that has included stabbings, shootings and vehicular attacks, but the coastal city of Tel Aviv has been mostly untouched. | Israel has experienced a surge in Palestinian violence recently that has included stabbings, shootings and vehicular attacks, but the coastal city of Tel Aviv has been mostly untouched. |
| The police, including counterterrorism units, were concentrating their search in the central part of the city, said Mr. Rosenfeld, who added that the police were also examining surveillance footage. | The police, including counterterrorism units, were concentrating their search in the central part of the city, said Mr. Rosenfeld, who added that the police were also examining surveillance footage. |
| The gunman, who was dressed in black, sat on a bench outside the bar, where he apparently waited for it to fill up before taking out a weapon from his backpack. | The gunman, who was dressed in black, sat on a bench outside the bar, where he apparently waited for it to fill up before taking out a weapon from his backpack. |
| “I heard something like 10 shots,” said one man who gave his name as Avi to Ynet, an Israeli news website. “I was next to one of the cafes. I saw people running in the street and wounded sprawled on the street.” | “I heard something like 10 shots,” said one man who gave his name as Avi to Ynet, an Israeli news website. “I was next to one of the cafes. I saw people running in the street and wounded sprawled on the street.” |
| The gunman’s approach was similar to the “behavior of recent ISIS attackers,” Daniel Nisman, the president of the Levantine Group, a geopolitical risk consultancy, said on Twitter. | The gunman’s approach was similar to the “behavior of recent ISIS attackers,” Daniel Nisman, the president of the Levantine Group, a geopolitical risk consultancy, said on Twitter. |
| Mr. Nisman was not at the scene, but he based his assessment on information from his cousin, who was a witness, and from Israeli news media accounts. | Mr. Nisman was not at the scene, but he based his assessment on information from his cousin, who was a witness, and from Israeli news media accounts. |
| “Something is very weird here,” Mr. Nisman said in a telephone interview. “It is not a classic Palestinian terror attack,” he said, in which a gunman usually keeps firing until he is shot by the police. | “Something is very weird here,” Mr. Nisman said in a telephone interview. “It is not a classic Palestinian terror attack,” he said, in which a gunman usually keeps firing until he is shot by the police. |
| Referring to the possibility that the attack was criminal in nature, Mr. Nisman said that gangs in Israel usually targeted specific victims, and did not shoot indiscriminately into crowds. | Referring to the possibility that the attack was criminal in nature, Mr. Nisman said that gangs in Israel usually targeted specific victims, and did not shoot indiscriminately into crowds. |