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| Tel Aviv shooting suspect killed in northern Israel | |
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| An Israeli Arab wanted for shooting dead three people in Tel Aviv on 1 January has been killed by security forces in northern Israel. | |
| Nashat Melhem was tracked down to a mosque in his home town of Arara and killed in a gun battle, officials said. | |
| The attacks sparked a huge hunt and security alert across the country. | |
| Police said Melhem, 29, was the gunman who killed two Israelis at a bar, then the Israeli driver of a taxi who picked him up after the attack. | |
| Security camera footage showed a suspect taking an automatic rifle out of his backpack and then firing at least 15 shots at people in the street before fleeing the scene. | |
| Alon Bakal, 26, who was a manager at the bar, and Shimon Ruimi, 30, were killed. | |
| Police later found the body of taxi driver Amin Shaban in the north of the city. | |
| Melhem's father, Mohammed, identified his son as the suspect and reported him to the police. Mohammed Melhem and several relatives have been arrested in connection with the case. |