HOLON, Israel (Reuters) – A Palestinian attacker killed two folks and wounded two others in a stabbing spree in central Israel on Sunday earlier than being shot useless by police, Israeli authorities mentioned.
The stabbings passed off throughout morning rush hour within the metropolis of Holon, close to Tel Aviv. The attacker stabbed folks close to a gasoline station and a park, Israel’s ambulance service mentioned.
Two senior residents, a person and girl, have been killed and two different folks have been wounded and rushed to hospital, medical officers mentioned.
“The terrorist was shortly neutralized by one among our officers on the scene and prevented him from finishing up an excellent worse assault,” police spokesperson Eli Levi mentioned on Israel’s Channel 12.
A police assertion mentioned police have been current in pressure on the scene and have been “conducting intensive searches with a helicopter and extra assets”.
The Islamist group Hamas, which is at struggle with Israel in Gaza, mentioned in an announcement that the stabbing assault was a “pure response” to Israeli assaults on Palestinians and to the assassination of the group’s chief, Ismail Haniyeh, final week in Tehran.
Nevertheless, it stopped in need of claiming duty for Sunday’s assault.
