Two Jewish settlers died and a third one suffered serious injuries on Sunday morning in a shooting attack in the Barkan industrial zone near the illegal settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank.
According to the Hebrew website 0404 a Palestinian man opened fire at a group of Jewish employees in the Barkan factory injuring three two of them fatally.
An Israeli ambulance crew affirmed the death of two workers in the attack and the transfer of another to Beilinson Hospital in serious condition.
The Israeli army said its forces along with the Shin Bet are currently pursuing the suspect whose identity is known to security forces.
Israel’s Channel 10 said that the shooter is a 23-year-old man from Qalqilya.
