A 44-year-old man was killed overnight when a stolen car carrying six suspects, including him, overturned during a police chase after a robbery near Dimona, police said Tuesday.

Officials said the suspects fled after attempting to steal a safe from a local gas station, and had earlier apparently robbed another station in the Arava area of the south.

As police gave chase, the suspects crashed into an electric pole, killing the man, who was not formally named.

The six, who police said were traveling in a stolen car with counterfeit license plates, were aged between 17 and 57 and were all members of the Bedouin........

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