Palestinian kills two people in stabbing attack in Israel

HOLON: A Palestinian attacker killed two people and wounded two others in a stabbing spree in central Israel on Sunday (August 4) before being shot dead by police, Israeli authorities said.

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The stabbings took place during morning rush hour in the city of Holon, just outside Tel Aviv. The attacker stabbed people near a gas station and a park, Israel’s ambulance service said.

Two senior citizens, a man and woman, were killed and two other people were wounded and rushed to hospital, medical and police officials said.

“This morning.. a terrorist approached this park area that you could see behind me with a large knife and managed to start stabbing civilians,” police spokesperson Dean Elsdunne told Reuters. “We’re talking about four victims to this terror attack, two of them an elderly couple, which their death has been declared.”

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The assailant was killed at the scene, Elsdunne added.

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir who arrived at the scene, urged Israeli citizens to carry weapons.