Car explosion in Ramle leaves four dead, eight wounded after fire breaks out in nearby store in Israel

A car explosion in Israel's Ramle killed four people and wounded an additional eight, one critically, and also caused two store fires, Report informs referring to The Jerusalem Post.

A car bomb explosion in Ramle on Thursday evening killed four people and wounded eight in what is suspected to be the result of a clash between two crime syndicates.

The bomb killed a five-year-old girl, a 10-year-old boy, a 15-year-old girl, and a 50-year-old woman. A one-month-old baby boy was critically wounded as well.

Medical staff at Shamir Medical Center in Tzrifin were fighting for his life at press time. A six-year-old girl and a 28-year-old man, both in satisfactory condition, were also receiving medical treatment at the hospital.

By press time, the victims had not been named.

As family members near and far gathered outside the hospital, clashes broke out between a few of them and police officers. Initial police suspicions are that the background for the attack – which crosses all lines – is a criminal schism between families in the Arab sector.