Tel Aviv, Sept. 18 -- Three Israeli Bedouin brothers in their 20s were shot dead early Thursday morning in the Negev in a violent attack that police said stemmed from a criminal feud.

Magen David Adom (MDA) teams pronounced two of the men dead at the scene and transported the third, critically injured, to the Soroka Medical Centre in Beer-Sheva, where he later died.

"Again, we are witnesses to an incident in which an unsuccessful weapons deal led to the despicable murder of three brothers," Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levy said in a statement.

A suspect from the same Bedouin clan was arrested hours later.

The victims were identified as Seger Kadi, Hamam Kadi, and Suleiman Kadi, all in their twenties.

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