{"id":30538,"date":"2016-06-08T15:04:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T21:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=30538"},"modified":"2016-06-09T04:24:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T10:24:03","slug":"3-killed-5-badly-injured-in-suspected-tel-aviv-terrorist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/3-killed-5-badly-injured-in-suspected-tel-aviv-terrorist-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: 4 killed, 4 badly injured in suspected Tel Aviv terrorist attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 \u00a0Four people were killed and four were seriously injured in a shooting at an outdoor shopping center in Tel Aviv yesterday, June 8.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30539\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sarona.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30539\" class=\"wp-image-30539 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sarona-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli security forces at the scene where a suspect terrorist opened fire at the Sarona Market shopping center in tel Aviv, on June 8, 2016. The suspect shot and wounded 9 people, one of them critically injured, in a suspected terror attack in the center of the city. Photo by Miriam Alster\/Flash90\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sarona-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sarona.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30539\" class=\"wp-image-30539 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sarona-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli security forces at the scene where a suspect terrorist opened fire at the Sarona Market shopping center in tel Aviv, on June 8, 2016. The suspect shot and wounded 9 people, one of them critically injured, in a suspected terror attack in the center of the city. Photo by Miriam Alster\/Flash90\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sarona-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sarona.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli security forces and onlookers at the scene of a suspected terrorist attack at the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv, June 8, 2016. (Miriam Alster\/Flash90)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two gunmen carried out the apparent terror attack and were shot and disarmed, according to the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne is wounded, the other\u2019s condition is unclear at the moment. All these details are preliminary,\u201d said police spokeswoman Merav Lapidot.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from Ichilov Hospital, where the wounded, including one of the shooters, was being treated, Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said the shooters \u201cfired indiscriminately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking the public to stay calm,\u201d Huldai continued. \u201cTel Aviv-Jaffa has been for years a target of terror that tries to disrupt our lives. We\u2019ll continue to live in this city, to create and build. No terror will defeat us. We will continue to seek peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police confirmed reports that the gunmen came from Hebron, but declined to identify them by name. Palestinian media is reporting that the two are members of the same family.<\/p>\n<p>The Magen David Adom rescue service said it took nine victims to Tel Aviv hospitals. One said to be in critical condition died at the hospital; four others remain in serious condition.<\/p>\n<p>Yousef Jabarin, a bartender at the Max Brenner Restaurant in Sarona Market, told the Times of Israel that the shooters arrived there about 15 minutes before the attack and ordered the \u201cmilky brownies.\u201d Without eating anything, they then stood up and began shooting, using what looked like pistols.<\/p>\n<p>Jabarin said the attackers were dressed as \u201cwarriors\u201d in black suits, white shirts and skinny ties \u2014 attire that indicated to Jabarin, an Arab citizen of Israel, that they hailed from the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the attack, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh posted several tweets praising the attack and calling the dead attacker a \u201chero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States in a statement condemned the &#8220;horrific terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We extend our deepest condolences to the families of those killed and our hopes for a quick recovery for those wounded,&#8221; State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner wrote. &#8220;These cowardly attacks against innocent civilians can never be justified. We are in touch with Israeli authorities to express our support and concern.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A popular retail and dining hub, Sarona Market was in April cited for security and safety violations. According to The Jerusalem Post, the problems \u2014 including the way security guards were inspecting visitors at the entrance \u2014 were corrected within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Update%3A%204%20killed%2C%204%20badly%20injured%20in%20suspected%20Tel%20Aviv%20terrorist%20attack\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,7878,412,140],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30538"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30550,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30538\/revisions\/30550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}