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Gay centre gunman still at large

August 2, 2009 24:00
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Police are today continuing their search for a gunman who killed two people and wounded around a dozen at a gay support centre in Tel Aviv.

The victims were Nir Katz, 26, the gay centre's counsellor and Liz Trubeshi, 16, who meeting at the centre in Nachmani street.

The gunman, dressed all in black, entered the centre and opened fire at random before fleeing into nearby streets. Some reports say he had a handgun, others an automatic weapon.

It sparked a city-wide security lockdown reminiscent of the Palestinian attacks that used to plague the city. But police insisted the shooting was criminal rather than nationalistic.