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Two Israeli police officers killed in gun attack claimed by Islamic State group
[France24] Two Arab gunmen killed two police officers on a city street in Israel on Sunday and were then shot dead, as the U.S. secretary of state and three Arab foreign ministers visited the country for a summit.Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on its Telegram account. The two assailants in Hadera, a city about 50 km (30 miles) north of Tel Aviv, were Arab citizens of Israel and sympathisers of the group, Israeli security officials said. "We condemn today’s terrorist attack in Hadera, Israel," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote on Twitter. "Such senseless acts of violence and murder have no place in society. We stand with our Israeli partners and send our condolences to the families of the victims." Posted by: Besoeker 2022-03-28 |
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