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Shortly before Iran's airstrike on Israel on the 1st, a shooting attack occurred in Tel Aviv, killing seven civilians.
Hamas, a Palestinian militant faction, has claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Three suspects are under investigation after two explosions occurred near the Israeli Embassy in Denmark.
Reporter Kim Ji-young reports.
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a railway station in Tel Aviv, Israel,
The citizens of
lit candles one by one in memory.
[To Sreyah / Remembrance: It's an Israeli holiday today, I hope it's a quiet day and I pray for peace.]
On the 1st, gunmen got off a train stopped at the station and opened fire on nearby citizens.
At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the incident, which took place 30 minutes before Iran's missile strike.
[Benjamin Ratzon / Witness] I couldn't do anything when I saw people lying down. I was lying on the floor, too, and the terrorist was right next to me. People called me, but I couldn't answer it and I was stressed out.]
Police confirmed that the two suspects killed after a gunfight at the scene were from the West Bank city of Hebron.
In a related development, Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, has claimed responsibility for the shooting.
"Islamic fighters infiltrated the occupied territories and carried out heroic operations," Hamas said in a Telegram statement.
Around the same time, two explosions occurred near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Local police have arrested three Swedish suspects for questioning, believing the explosion was caused by a grenade.
[Jens Yespersen / Copenhagen Police Commissioner: Not long after the crime, a young Swedish man was arrested not far from the scene of the crime. A further investigation later led to the arrest of two more young Swedish men on a train at a railway station around noon.]
Amid the heightened tensions in the Middle East, sporadic terrorist attacks in various parts of the world are feared to continue for the time being.
I'm Kim Jiyoung of YTN.
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