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Tel Aviv shooting: CCTV video 'shows moment gunman opens fire on busy bar' | Tel Aviv shooting: CCTV video 'shows moment gunman opens fire on busy bar' |
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CCTV footage has emerged purporting to show the moment a gunman opened fire on a busy bar in Tel Aviv. | CCTV footage has emerged purporting to show the moment a gunman opened fire on a busy bar in Tel Aviv. |
Israeli police said the New Year's Day shooting killed at least two people, with another two in serious condition in hospital. | Israeli police said the New Year's Day shooting killed at least two people, with another two in serious condition in hospital. |
Five were wounded in all when a gunman, wielding what appears to be a mini-Uzi submachine gun, sprayed bullets at a group of drinkers. | Five were wounded in all when a gunman, wielding what appears to be a mini-Uzi submachine gun, sprayed bullets at a group of drinkers. |
Separate CCTV aired by the Israli Channel 10 TV station appeared to show a man with short hair and glasses buying some cashew nuts at a nearby shop before walking outside and opening fire on the bar, after which he runs away. | Separate CCTV aired by the Israli Channel 10 TV station appeared to show a man with short hair and glasses buying some cashew nuts at a nearby shop before walking outside and opening fire on the bar, after which he runs away. |
The station said the shooter had fired around 30 shots, and that he had left a spent magazine on the ground at the scene. | The station said the shooter had fired around 30 shots, and that he had left a spent magazine on the ground at the scene. |
Channel 10 and other Israeli media later claimed the attacker’s identity had been discovered. The TV station’s defence analyst, Alon Ben-David, said the gunman was an Israeli Arab, and the attacker’s father had seen his son on TV and notified the authorities. | |
Ben-David commented that his calm demeanour and the way he was holding and shooting the gun show he was well trained. A copy of the Koran was found later in the attacker’s bag, he claimed. | |
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said a manhunt had been launched to find the assailant, with large numbers of police deployed to the scene and officers going from house to house in the area. | |
Tel Aviv's mayor, Ron Huldai, has visited the wounded in hospital and said "lessons would be learned" to improve security after the incident. | Tel Aviv's mayor, Ron Huldai, has visited the wounded in hospital and said "lessons would be learned" to improve security after the incident. |
Speaking later at the scene, he said the incident "appears to be a terrorist attack". "Friends were celebrating a birthday and a man opened fire at them from the outside," he said. | Speaking later at the scene, he said the incident "appears to be a terrorist attack". "Friends were celebrating a birthday and a man opened fire at them from the outside," he said. |
One eye witness told the Times of Israel the man "smiled" before he pulled out the gun and started firing. | One eye witness told the Times of Israel the man "smiled" before he pulled out the gun and started firing. |
And speaking to Reuters, the bar's owner Nati Shakked said the assailant appeared to have waited for the place to get busier before taking a gun out of a bag and "shooting in every direction". | And speaking to Reuters, the bar's owner Nati Shakked said the assailant appeared to have waited for the place to get busier before taking a 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 | "It was a terrorist attack, without a doubt," Shakked told Israel's Channel Two television |
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