A 37-year-old man was fatally shot on Sunday night after his car exploded on Route 40 in Israel’s south, according to police.
The explosion was caused by a device attached to the car intended to kill its owner.
Another man in his 30s was injured in the incident and taken to Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.
The two individuals who allegedly planted the car bomb fled the scene toward Re’em Junction, where undercover Israel Police officers chased them. There was an exchange of fire, and both suspects were injured.
One of the suspects, a man in his 20s, was mortally wounded, and the other suspect, in his 40s, was moderately wounded.
Magen David Adom medics responded to both events and administered emergency medical care before taking the wounded to the hospital.
Both suspects were members of the Jarushi crime family.
Kaplan Medical Center confirmed that they received three injured individuals and were treating two of them. The man who was shot was in serious condition but stable. The other man, who was in the explosion, was in very serious condition.
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