A police officer holds a weapon, near the scene of a shooting attack in Jaffa, Israel on October 1, 2024.
| Photo Credit: Reuters

Israeli police said six people were killed in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening.

Police said two suspects opened fire on a boulevard in the Jaffa neighbourhood in southern Tel Aviv. The two suspects were killed, police said.

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