Palestinian gunman kills three Israeli guards at West Bank settlement

Israeli soldiers are seen through the window of a security booth damaged during a shooting attack in which a Palestinian gunman killed three Israelis guards and wounded a fourth in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank before he was shot dead, police said, September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

HAR ADAR, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian man with security clearance to work at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank opened fire at a checkpoint on Tuesday, killing two Israeli security guards and a paramilitary policeman.

The assailant, who was armed with a pistol and also seriously wounded a fourth Israeli, was shot dead, police said.