Police Swarm North Tel Aviv as Hunt for Shooter Continues

The Associated Press
The Associated Press

As searches for the gunman behind the fatal shooting in central Tel Aviv entered their second night Saturday, policemen deployed in force in the north of the city and concentrated their operations there, apparently believing that the killer could be hiding in the area.

Security sources said late Saturday that the suspect, Nashat Milhem, was “armed and dangerous,” and warned the public to be alert. Two extreme scenarios feared by police, the NRG news site said, was that he would attempt to take a family hostage in their home or that he would attempt a second shooting attack.

The NRG report said he still had the murder weapon, a submachine gun, with him.

Read more at the Times of Israel

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