Criminal attack injures one in Tel Aviv

One person was injured after a loud explosion rocked the Israeli city of Tel Aviv tonight, but police have already ruled out …

One person was injured after a loud explosion rocked the Israeli city of Tel Aviv tonight, but police have already ruled out Palestinian involvement.

Reports suggest that the explosion was a criminal attack on an underworld figure.

"It looks like it was a criminal incident," police spokesman Gil Kleiman said. "A motorcycle drew up and threw something and we have one seriously wounded person."

Israel Radio reported that a hand grenade was thrown at an ice cream stand in an attempt to kill an underworld figure, who was not identified.

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The Magen David Adom ambulance service said a 50-year-old man was critically injured in the attack, which occurred four days after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed five Israelis outside a Tel Aviv nightclub.

The suicide bombing undermined a ceasefire Israeli and Palestinian leaders declared at a summit in Egypt on February 8th.