Three people have been killed and at least 10 others wounded when an unknown gunman attacked a community centre for gay teenagers in Tel Aviv before escaping.
- Rescue services said that six of the wounded during the incident on Saturday were badly hurt.
- The shootings took place at the headquarters of the local lesbian and gay rights association on Nachmani street.
- Micky Rosenfeld, a police spokesman, said the attack was "most likely a criminal attack and not a terror attack," while representatives of Tel Aviv's gay community said it was a homophobic attack.
- Police are searching the area for the gunman, who fled the scene, Rosenfeld said.
- Police have ordered the temporary closure of all gay clubs in the Israeli city.
- Hundreds of Israelis held a rally in Tel Aviv in protest at the shooting, and candles were lit at the scene.
- Nitzan Horowitz, Israel's only openly gay member of parliament, condemned the "hate crime".
- He said it was "without a doubt the biggest ever attack on the Israeli gay community, we are all in shock".
- Israel Channel 10 TV reported that the incident occurred at "Cafe Noir", a popular hangout frequented by the gay community in downtown Tel Aviv.
- The station said that a man dressed in black entered the club and began shooting indiscriminately. They described the scene as a "bloodbath".
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