Two killed in terror attack in northern Israel; assailant shot, injured by passerby |
A Palestinian terrorist from the West Bank killed two people and wounded two others in a stabbing and car-ramming rampage in northern Israel on Friday before being shot and injured by a passerby, authorities said.
The attack began shortly past noon in Beit She’an along northern Israel’s Route 71, security forces said. The terrorist, driving a car, rammed into a 16-year-old boy, who was later hospitalized with light wounds, and then into a 68-year-old man, killing him.
The man, identified as Mordechai Shimshon of Beit She’an, was pronounced dead on the scene despite attempts to resuscitate him, according to medics and police.
As security forces pursued the attacker, he drove northwest toward the city of Afula.
On the way, he stopped near Kibbutz Ein Harod, where he stabbed a 19-year-old kibbutz member to death. She was later identified as Aviv Maor.
At the entrance to Afula, the terrorist then drove into a utility pole while trying to run over another man, then got out of the car and hit the man in the head with a stone, an eyewitness told Channel 13. The man was hospitalized with a minor head wound.
The terrorist then tried to flee on foot but was shot and wounded by a civilian. He was then captured and taken to a hospital in moderate........