Senior officer: It’s possible Tel Aviv truck explosion was attempted terror attack

A senior police officer says that a truck explosion in Tel Aviv that killed the driver could have been an attempted terror attack.

Speaking to reporters at the scene, Tel Aviv Police District Commander Peretz Amar says that the explosion was caused by a bomb and that the identity of the dead man holds the key to the motive.

“It is difficult to identify the body,” says Amar. “We know that he is not an innocent civilian, but somebody who was carrying an explosive device.”

“Was this criminal or a [terror] attack? The identity of the man is crucial to determining this,” he says, adding that the possibility it was an attempted attack is heightened by the findings at the scene.

Amar says that a passerby who was injured in the explosion might be able to assist the probe.