An Israeli Arab student accused of trying to hijack an El Al flight today denied planning to seize control of the plane and crash it into a Tel Aviv skyscraper.

The heavily-armed Egyptian immigrant who gunned down two people at the EL Al ticket counter of Los Angeles International Airport went there with a mission to kill, the FBI said.

An immigrant Egyptian man opened fire yesterday at the ticket counter of Israeli airline El Al in Los Angeles International Airport, killing two people before being shot dead by a security guard.

FBI investigators were today probing an attack at Los Angeles International Airport during which a lone gunman shot two people dead.

The death toll rose to three in the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, the governor’s office said tonight.

A lone gunman opened fire at the ticket counter of Israel’s El Al airlines at Los Angeles International Airport today, killing one person before being shot dead, police said.

Two people have been killed in a shooting at the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International airport LAX, police said.

Alleged ‘‘shoe bomber’’ Richard Reid was considered a top security risk and had to remove his shoes for special screening before boarding a flight from Israel this summer.