"I hoped not to die, I kept running, I did not look back": Testimony from the attack in Tel Aviv

Many people who were present during the attack in Tel Aviv, in which two were killed and four were seriously injured, tell of the moments of terror during the entertainment. "We both sat down for beer, glasses started to explode." A boom of life

Uri Sela

07/04/2022

Thursday, 07 April 2022, 21:54 Updated: 22:09

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Attack on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv (documentation on social networks according to section 27A of the Copyright Law)

Many passers-by who were present at the scene of the attack on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv, in which two people were killed and four people were seriously injured, tell of moments of anxiety.

"Bullets flew over my head and he kept firing."

The incident is not over yet, and police are conducting a manhunt for the terrorist and calling on city residents to lock themselves in homes and stay below window height.

"We were sitting and drinking beer. Suddenly we heard shots everywhere. There was a boom and another boom and another boom, the glasses started to explode. Just shocking, I did not understand that it was an attack," one of the customers, Nathaniel Barkai, told Walla !.

"Direction from outside the street. I thought someone was laughing at me, only after that I realized it was an attack. Bullets flew over my head and he kept firing. I did not look back, I hoped not to die and kept running."

More on Walla!

Two killed in a shooting attack in central Tel Aviv;

Another 8 were injured, including 4 in critical condition

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The scene of the attack (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"I was sitting in the living room, suddenly a bundle, a boom of life. The whole neighborhood came out. The policemen go out and run," said Tal Tzur, who lives on Gottlieb Street in the city.

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