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Israel bus attack: Tel Aviv passengers stabbed Israel bus attack: Tel Aviv passengers stabbed
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Israeli police say they have shot a Palestinian man from the West Bank who stabbed at least nine people in an attack on a bus in central Tel Aviv. Israeli police say they have shot a Palestinian man from the West Bank who stabbed at least 10 people in an attack on a bus in central Tel Aviv.
The incident occurred on Maariv bridge where the suspect attacked people both on and outside the bus, police said.The incident occurred on Maariv bridge where the suspect attacked people both on and outside the bus, police said.
Police say they are treating the incident as a terrorist attack.Police say they are treating the incident as a terrorist attack.
The perpetrator attempted to flee the scene following the attack, and was lightly wounded after being shot in the leg, a police spokeswoman said.The perpetrator attempted to flee the scene following the attack, and was lightly wounded after being shot in the leg, a police spokeswoman said.
At least three of the victims are said to be in a serious condition. Three of the victims were in a serious condition, with four others in a moderate condition and three lightly wounded, according to the ambulance services.
Officers are patrolling the area to prevent further attacks, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on his Twitter account.Officers are patrolling the area to prevent further attacks, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on his Twitter account.
The street around the Maariv bridge has been closed. The street around Maariv bridge has been closed.
"The suspect is a 23-year-old Palestinian from Tulkarem," police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. Police officials said that the suspect was a 23-year-old illegal worker from Tulkarem, a town in the occupied West Bank.
Tulkarem is a town in the occupied West Bank. "The terrorist stabbed the bus driver several times but the driver fought back until he [the suspect] fled on foot and was neutralised by a guard from the prisons' service," a police statement said.
A prisons' service officer told army radio how the attack unfolded.
"We saw the bus swerve to the side... then stop at a green light," the officer, identified only as Benny, said.
"Suddenly we saw people running out of the bus and when we saw them shouting for help, we jumped out... and started running after the terrorist. At first we fired in the air, then at his legs."
Izzat Risheq, a senior official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, praised the stabbing attack.
Speaking from Qatar, he described it as "a natural response to the crimes of the occupation and terrorism against the Palestinian people".
Israeli police say there has been a pattern established in recent months where individual Palestinians, without sophisticated weapons, have attacked civilians at random, the BBC's Kevin Connolly in Jerusalem reports.Israeli police say there has been a pattern established in recent months where individual Palestinians, without sophisticated weapons, have attacked civilians at random, the BBC's Kevin Connolly in Jerusalem reports.
In November, an Israeli soldier was killed in a knife attack in Tel Aviv, while an Israeli woman was stabbed to death in the West Bank in a separate attack. Late last year, a number of Israelis were killed in attacks by Palestinians using weapons including knives and even vehicles to run down pedestrians.
Our correspondent says the latest round of tensions began to increase last year, after the summer conflict in Gaza and disputes over access to religious sites in the old city of Jerusalem.Our correspondent says the latest round of tensions began to increase last year, after the summer conflict in Gaza and disputes over access to religious sites in the old city of Jerusalem.
More than 2,100 people were killed in Gaza during the Israel-Gaza conflict, a majority of them thought to be civilians. More than 2,100 Palestinians were killed in Gaza during the Israel-Gaza conflict, the majority of them civilians according to the UN.
Sixty-seven Israeli soldiers, and six civilians in Israel, were also killed.Sixty-seven Israeli soldiers, and six civilians in Israel, were also killed.