Police Update After at Least 4 Shot Dead in Central Israel

Police Update After at Least 4 Shot Dead in Central Israel
An Israeli policeman stands as guard near the West Bank city of Nablus, Israel, on Dec. 31, 2015. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
Updated:

Police officers managed to shoot dead a gunman who killed at least four people in a central Israeli city on Tuesday, “preventing a much more serious attack,” a police spokesperson said.

The officers had been “at routine work, they encountered the terrorist (and) managed to neutralize him,” said the spokesperson, Eli Levy.