At least six people have been killed and nine injured in a mass shooting at a train station in Tel Aviv, Israeli police said.
Police had earlier said four people were killed and seven wounded in a suspected terror attack in Israel’s central city of Tel Aviv, adding that two attackers had been “neutralized”.
– Four civilians were killed by gunfire from two terrorists. In addition, there are seven injured individuals in varying degrees of severity according to medical sources. Both terrorists have been neutralized on the spot, the police said in a statement.
Police said gunmen opened fire in Israel’s commercial capital Tel Aviv on the border with Jaffa and there were a number of casualties.
Television images showed gunmen getting off at a tram station and opening fire. Israeli media reported that at least four people were seriously injured.
Images from the scene show armed men with assault rifles getting off a tram.
Videos posted on social media show a number of bodies on the ground. A video shows police surrounding what appears to be the body of a gunman.
Israel’s ambulance service Magen David Adom said it received a report at 7:01 p.m. local time of people injured by gunfire.