Israel: US tourist kills one in resort shooting
15:01, 5 October 2012
JERUSALEM. October 5. KAZINFORM A US tourist has killed one person after opening fire at a hotel in Israel's southern resort city of Eilat, Israeli police said.
A number of shots were fired on Friday morning, but the motives for the shooting were not immediately clear, a police spokesman said, BBC informs.
The incident happened at the Leonardo Club hotel, on the Red Sea coast, the Associated Press reported.
Eilat is one of Israel's most popular tourist destinations.
Guests in the dining room of the hotel reported hearing gunfire while others were told to stay inside their rooms, Israel's Haaretz newspaper said.
The paper reported earlier that a hotel worker had been shot by the tourist, who as not yet been identified.