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(Scroll down for video) Two people were killed after the car they were traveling in was blown up, according to police reports in Israel.
Petah Tikva Police said that two people died and two others were injured on Thursday night because of an explosion inside a vehicle at the Yarkonim intersection just outside the city of Petah Tikva.
The driver and another passenger in the car were dead, a woman was injured by broken glass and another man was suffering from tinnitus.
Police believe the incident is criminal related and not a terror attack, and have launched an investigation into the incident. It is believed that the two victims were residents of the Israeli city of Rosh HaAyin. At the request of the police, a judge on Thursday imposed a gag order on details of the investigation.
"A car exploded and caught fire with two people inside, and our team of paramedics, who arrived at the scene declared the two dead," Magen David Adom Director General Eli Bin said.
This is not the first bomb incident near the city of Petah Tikva. As we reported earlier, some residents in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak panicked after they discovered a bag with a bomb inside a residential building.
Police said that the bag with explosives was found in the basement of an apartment building on Uziel Street. Police evacuated the residents in the area and removed the explosives. Police have opened an investigation into the incident.
Police said that at this point it is still unclear who put the bomb in the building or why.
Hundreds of police officers of the Dan Police, including forensic experts handled the explosive device.
Police said that they used a mobile bomb neutralizer robot to remove the explosive device. Once the explosive device was removed, residents were allowed back into their apartments.
The police commander of the Dan region, Commander Albert Ohayon, said that he believes the bomb to be associated with criminal activity rather than terrorist activity.
The city of Bnei Brak is home to a large community of ultra-Orthodox Jews.