Three people shot dead at West Bank-Jordan border crossing

Israeli police stand guard near the Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan after three people were shot dead (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Three Israelis were shot dead at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan on Sunday, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza.

The military said the gunman approached the Allenby Bridge crossing from the Jordanian side in a truck and opened fire at Israeli security forces, who killed the assailant in a shootout. It said the three people killed were Israeli civilians.