Two killed, six hurt in suspected gangland shooting in Netanya

Two people were killed and another six were wounded Monday evening in the central city of Netanya in a suspected gangland shooting.

All the victims were in their 20s, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service, whose medics arrived on the scene shortly after the shooting.

One victim died after being rushed to the city’s Laniado hospital in critical injuries and a second person, who had been taken to the hospital in serious condition, was declared dead hours later.

The other six were moderately to lightly hurt.

The shooting took place in the yard of a home in the coastal city as several people were outside.

Police opened an investigation into the shooting.

According to media reports, the home where the shooting took place belonged to a known underworld figure.

The shooting was the second such incident Monday, and came after weeks of a string of underworld-related hits.

Earlier Monday, a 27-year-old man was shot dead in the central city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in an apparent underworld killing.

The man, who works as a bodyguard for a known criminal figure, was driving down the city promenade when he was shot multiple times at close range by a motorcycle rider, who then fled the scene.