A shootout breaks out in Tel Aviv: several injured in a “potential terrorist attack”, the attacker neutralized by an armed citizen (VIDEO)

Initially, the police reported several injured by gunfire.

But “the first elements of the investigation reveal that a terrorist armed with a knife stabbed a civilian” on rue Levontin, the police then indicated in a press release.

“An armed civilian who was nearby opened fire and neutralized the terrorist,” the text adds, without specifying whether the attacker was killed or simply injured.

The Magen David Adom (MDA), the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, indicates for its part that it received a call at 4:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. GMT) reporting a man injured in “a knife attack”.

Rescuers evacuated this man, aged under 30, in a conscious state to a hospital, adds the MDA, suggesting that his life is not in danger.