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Gunmen Open Fire in Tel Aviv, Leaving at Least Three Dead Gunmen Open Fire in Tel Aviv, Leaving at Least Three Dead
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JERUSALEM — At least two gunmen opened fire at civilians in a popular restaurant area in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night, killing three and wounding several other people, the Israeli police and hospital officials said. JERUSALEM — At least two gunmen opened fire on civilians in a popular restaurant area in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night, killing three and wounding several others, the Israeli police and hospital officials said.
The police called the shooting a terrorist attack. According to initial reports, security officers shot at least one of the assailants near the scene. The police called the shootings a terrorist attack. According to initial reports, security officers shot at least one of the assailants near the scene.
The identities of the assailants were not immediately clear. The identities of the assailants were not immediately clear. The police said that one was being treated in an Israeli hospital.
More than two dozen Israelis and two American visitors have been killed in attacks by Palestinian assailants since October. Most were killed in stabbings, though there have also been several shootings. The shootings in Tel Aviv were among the deadliest attacks in the seaside city since a wave of Palestinian assaults began in October in Jerusalem and the West Bank and spread to cities around Israel.
The Wednesday evening shootings took place in and around the Sarona complex, an open-air entertainment district in central Tel Aviv. More than two dozen Israelis and two American visitors have been killed in those assaults. Most died from stabbings, though there have also been several shootings.
Television images showed people fleeing the area and witnesses said the police were searching for explosives, and possibly for another assailant. The Wednesday evening shootings took place in and around the Sarona complex, an open-air district of entertainment and shopping in central Tel Aviv close to Israel’s military headquarters.
Ofer Newman, an eyewitness, said that four gunshots rang out, scattering people in all directions, and that they were quickly followed by a second burst of fire. “In between the two bursts, police and security forces started to run around in search of the source of fire,” he told Army Radio. Television images showed people fleeing the area. Witnesses said the police were searching for explosives, and possibly for another assailant.
Yaniv Tamuz, another witness, said the police had instructed people to lock themselves inside the shops and restaurants. “I am in a pizzeria on Kaplan Street,” he said. “We heard gunfire and immediately people started running in our direction, and we locked ourselves in the shop.” Ofer Newman, a witness, said that four gunshots rang out, scattering people in all directions, and that they were quickly followed by a second burst of fire. “In between the two bursts, police and security forces started to run around in search of the source of fire,” he told Army Radio.
Yaniv Tamuz, another witness, said the police had instructed people to lock themselves inside shops and restaurants. “I am in a pizzeria on Kaplan Street,” he said. “We heard gunfire and immediately people started running in our direction, and we locked ourselves in the shop.”
In January two Israelis were killed in a shooting attack outside a bar in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street. The assailant in that case was an Arab citizen of northern Israel.
In March, a Palestinian assailant went on a stabbing rampage along a coastal promenade near Tel Aviv, killing an American combat veteran who was a graduate student at Vanderbilt University.