5 killed in shooting in central Israel, police say

JERUSALEM

Five people were killed in a shooting attack in central Israel on Tuesday, Israeli police said.

"A terrorist opened fire on civilians in the street with an automatic rifle, then crossed to another street and targeted civilians there as well" in the Beni Barak city, a statement police statement said.

It said the attacker was killed by security forces.

No further information on the identities of the attackers or victims were given.

Following the shooting attack, a large number of security personnel and medical teams were dispatched to the city of Bnei Brak.

Meanwhile, a statement by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office said that the country’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will hold a security consultation on tonight’s incident with defense and public security ministers and other security officials.

On March 22, four Israelis were killed in a knife attack in the southern city of Beersheba. The perpetrator was said to be a Daesh/ISIS terror group sympathizer and had previously been imprisoned for "security-related" crimes.

In the city of Hadera, on Sunday evening, two policemen were killed and three policemen injured as a result of the fire opened by two attackers. The Daesh/ISIS terror group claimed responsibility for the attack.