Criminally motivated blast: A car explosion on Tel Aviv’s Yigal Alon Street left one man dead Wednesday evening. The victim's identity could not be established immediately because of the body's condition, but based on documents found in the vehicle police believe the man is a well known lawyer.
Shortly after the blast police were able to confirm that the vehicle that exploded belonged to the lawyer in question, who recently made headlines in relation to at least two legal conflicts.
Police sources said that the motive was believed to be criminal. Magen David Adom paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.
The jeep that exploded was traveling on Yigal Alon Street at around 6:45 pm. When the vehicle passed near the Magen David Adom ambulance service center on the street, a loud explosion shook the area. The jeep subsequently hit another car at the scene.
The blast caused a scare in the area and prompted people on the street to flee. An eyewitness told Ynet that initially the source of the explosion was unclear.
"At first we thought it was a terror attack, yet we saw the vehicle completely pulverized and a man lying inside. Magen David Adom members arrived at the scene quickly and started treating him," he said.
Paramedic Alon Friedman said that he heard a loud blast and immediately headed to the vehicle that exlpoded.
"We found a man lying dead in the car," he said. "He was an older man, in his 50s. He suffered bruises and massive bleeding."
Police sappers who arrived at the scene following the blast examined the area and made sure there were no other bombs in the vicinity.
Tel Aviv District Police Commander, Major-General Ilan Franco, said that the blast was "a severe incident and will be treated as such."