Two men were found dead in a car Sunday night in central Israel in what police are treating as a double homicide.
Police said the two, aged approximately 30 and 50, were killed in the Kafr Qassem industrial zone, east of Tel Aviv.
Police believe the killings are likely linked to an underworld turf war, according to a Channel 2 report.
A third man, aged 65, was found wounded near the vehicle. He was taken to Petah Tikva’s Beilinson Hospital.
Rescue officials said that all three men were shot in the upper body.
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Police ruled out terror after a preliminary probe and have launched an investigation into the shooting.
Violent crime is not unknown in Kafr Qassem, an Arab Israeli town of about 20,000.
In September a 20-year-old man was shot dead by an unknown assailant near the entrance to the city.
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