Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Three Killed In LGBT Center Attack In Tel Aviv
Hundreds of police officers scoured the streets of Tel Aviv in a manhunt for a gunman who shot and killed three people at a youth club in the worst ever attack on homosexuals in Israel. The Tel Aviv shooting shocked the Mediterranean city, which prides itself on its live-and-let-live attitude and boasts a thriving gay community. The brazen attack drew condemnations from the city's mayor, from Cabinet ministers, the country's chief rabbis and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A masked man entered the center for gay teens in downtown Tel Aviv late Saturday night, pulled out a pistol and opened fire. The shooter then concealed his weapon and fled the scene on foot into the busy streets outside the center, Rosenfeld said.