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Tel Aviv shooting: Two dead, motive unclear, Israeli police say | |
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Two people have died and and at least five been injured after a gunman opened fire at a bar in central Tel Aviv, Israeli police say. | |
Police units are searching the Tel Aviv area for the suspect, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. | |
The incident took place in a bar on Dizengoff Street. | |
It was not immediately clear what motivated the shooting, which follows a wave of Palestinian attacks against Israelis over the past few months. | |
An eyewitness told Israeli TV that the gunman was young and had an assault rifle. | |
As of 23 December, at least 21 Israelis had been killed, most of them in stabbings and shooting attacks by Palestinians. | |
At least 131 Palestinians have also been killed. More than half were said by Israel to be attackers. Others have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces. | |
On his Twitter feed, Mr Rosenfeld said an investigation was now working to establish whether the latest attack was "criminal (or) terrorist". |