Three people were wounded in a shooting in Tel Aviv on Thursday and were being treated by emergency services, rescue services said, as television footage showed large numbers of police and medical workers at the scene.
Video: Social media: The terrorist's gunfight with police / Usage under Article 27(a) of Israel's intellectual property law
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There were no immediate details about the circumstances of the shooting which came on a day of widespread protests against the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system and heightened tension in the West Bank.
One of the wounded was in critical condition, while the others were treated for moderate wounds. All three victims are in their 20s. Police said the attacker was subsequently shot by police in a gunfight and pronounced dead on the scene. Police were searching for accomplices in the immediate aftermath.
An image on social media showed what was believed to be the attacker standing in the middle of the road as he pointed a pistol. The MADA rescue service said one of the wounded was in critical condition, while authorities said security forces in the area quickly killed the shooter.
Video: Social media: The terrorist's gunfight with police / Usage under Article 27(a) of Israel's intellectual property law
Footage from a security camera inside a restaurant showed the gunman approaching three pedestrians from behind on a sidewalk across the street. He shoots one man in the head, leaving him motionless on the ground, as the other two pedestrians flee.
Also, amateur video apparently taken a short while later shows the attacker trapped in an alley as several armed Israelis stand around the corner. A man could be heard shouting "close the window" to a resident. As the suspect ran out of the alley, he was shot multiple times.
Dozens of police and rescuers rushed to the scene, which was quickly cordoned off.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in Rome, said the government was working to "strengthen the security forces and the police who are fighting terrorists this night and every night."
Netanyahu vowed that terrorists would not make him waver in his policy. "I am sure this will have no impact on our determination to continue building in our land and set root in our homeland to secure our collective future," he said.
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