One person died and another was injured in knife attack that occurred today in a shopping center in the city of Karmiel from northern Israel, according to Israeli police and doctors, who note that the attacker was shot dead.
Is about “suspected terrorist attack”an Israeli police spokesman said in a statement, implying that it is linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israeli news website Ynet named the alleged attacker as Youd Rabia, from Nahaf, an Israeli city where many members of the Arab minority live.
No organization has taken responsibility
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although Islamic Jihad called the attack a “heroic operation.”
Israeli medics told Reuters that one of those wounded in the attack succumbed to his injuries while being taken to hospital. The attacker was killed at the scene in the mall.
Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s first aid agency, said it had taken two men in their 20s to Galilee Hospital in Nahariya. One of them is “in critical condition and resuscitation efforts are ongoing,” while the other “is conscious,” though he is “in serious condition.”
Videos taken by eyewitnesses to the attack and broadcast on Israeli television show what appears to be the scene of the attack, in a shopping mall. They show the silhouette of a man lying face down on the ground and another lying on his back with traces of blood nearby.
Sources: AMPE, Reuters, AFP