19 injured in stabbing and car-ramming assault in Israel
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A Palestinian man wounded at the least 19 folks, certainly one of them critically, in a stabbing and car-ramming assault within the central Israeli metropolis of Raanana on Monday, Israeli media mentioned.
Army Radio mentioned the incident might have been a car-jacking throughout which the stolen automobile crashed, citing witness testimony.
An official police assertion mentioned at the least 13 folks had been injured, including that the suspect had been detained and the incident is now being investigated.
The suspected attacker was described as a Palestinian from the West Bank metropolis of Hebron, with police telling Israeli media he stole a complete of three vehicles.
A second man – a relative of the suspect – has additionally been arrested.
Israeli safety officers reply to a suspected ramming assault in Raanana, Israel January 15, 2024
The scene of a broken automobile at a bus station following a suspected ramming assault in Raanana, Israel, January 15, 2024
Israeli emergency and safety personnel stand subsequent to a broken automobile following a suspected ramming assault within the central city of Raanana, on January 15, 2024.
Israeli emergency and safety personnel stand subsequent to a broken automobile following a suspected ramming assault within the central city of Raanana, on January 15, 2024
The incident got here amid heightened safety tensions over Israel‘s struggle with Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza.
Eli Levy, police spokesperson, informed Army Radio: ‘We nonetheless can not declare with certainty that this was a terrorist assault.’
He mentioned he it was additionally unclear precisely how many individuals had been concerned within the incident.
