Two men killed in Ramle shooting

Two men were found dead Saturday night inside a vehicle in the Muslim cemetery in Ramle, near Tel Aviv.

The men, who had sustained gunshot wounds to the upper body, were declared dead by an emergency medical team called to the scene.

The two, residents of nearby Lod, may have been involved in a feud with a family from Ramle.

Police suspect the shooting was an act of revenge for a killing that took place several months ago, Ynet reported.

According to police, the men were shot by a gunman who lay in wait for them while they were in a meeting inside a home in Ramle, and opened fire when they emerged.

Police were on the scene in force, and were searching for the shooter, who was said to have escaped on foot.

Yosef Ismail, a paramedic with Magen David Adom, said that the men were dead by the time his team arrived.

“We saw two men in their thirties inside the car, unconscious and with gunshot wounds to their bodies,” he said.

“They weren’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse. We conducted tests and tried to administer medical care, but we had to declare them dead at the scene,” he added.