Last update - 00:00 10/03/2008
Three wounded, two seriously, in Netanya restaurant shooting
By Haaretz Service
Three people were wounded Monday, two seriously, when a gunman opened fire in a Netanya restaurant.
The gunman entered the restaurant, in the coastal town's old industrial area, at around 1:15 A.M., opened fire with a handgun and wounded the restaurant's owner and two of its employees.
The assailant fled the scene in a black car that waited for him outside.
The owner is not known to police, but the restaurant is located next door to a restaurant owned by reputed underworld figure Francois Abutbul.
Police are focusing their investigation on the possibility of a business dispute or other criminal motive, but have yet to arrest any suspects.