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Six dead in shooting and knife attack in Tel Aviv
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Six dead in shooting and knife attack in Tel Aviv

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Six people were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, police in Israel confirmed.

At least nine other people were reportedly injured and several are in critical condition.

Police said the attack began in a train carriage and continued on the platform. Images posted on social media showed the gunman shooting at passers-by in the Jaffa area.

Police said two attackers were “neutralized” by members of the public and described the motive as “terror.”

    EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Police inspect the scene of the attack EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Details of the attack are still unclear and the identity of the perpetrators has not been revealed.

Some Israeli media previously reported eight deaths, although it is unclear whether the attackers were among them.

The shooting occurred shortly before an Iranian missile attack on Israel began.

Shortly after the shooting, rockets and anti-aircraft missiles could be seen in the air above the crime scene.

    EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Armed police officers guard a barrier EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Israeli police guarded a cordon near the site of the attack

Israeli police had previously emphasized that the number of victims was “dynamic and changing.”

“The scene here is still very active,” the force’s international spokesman Dean Elsdunne said near where the attack took place.

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