Sunday, August 2, 2009

The Search for the Gunman continues

Police officers are still searching the streets of Tel Aviv for the gunman who shot and killed two people at a gay youth club.

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.

"We'll bring him to justice and exercise the full extent of the law against him," Netanyahu said of the killer, speaking at the Israeli Cabinet's weekly meeting.

A masked man entered the center for gay teens in downtown Tel Aviv late Saturday night, pulled out a pistol and opened fire, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. The shooter then concealed his weapon and fled the scene on foot into the busy streets outside the center, Rosenfeld said.

The event has frightened everyone and there are still questions on how and why this has happened.

The LGBT community held a protest last night for the fallen


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1 comment:

Obesity said...

Such a terrible tragedy committed by bigots.

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