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| Tel Aviv bus attack: Israeli police shoot suspect who 'stabbed at least nine people' in terror attack | Tel Aviv bus attack: Israeli police shoot suspect who 'stabbed at least nine people' in terror attack |
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| Israeli police have shot an attacker reported to have stabbed up to 12 people on a bus in central Tel Aviv. | Israeli police have shot an attacker reported to have stabbed up to 12 people on a bus in central Tel Aviv. |
| At least three of the victims are in a "serious condition", Israeli newspaper Haaretz said. | |
| The stabbing took place on the Ma'ariv bridge, police said, and the attacks happened inside and outside of the bus. | The stabbing took place on the Ma'ariv bridge, police said, and the attacks happened inside and outside of the bus. |
| An Israeli police officer secures the scene after a stabbing in Tel Aviv Israeli emergency services personnel clean the sidewalk at the scene of an attack | An Israeli police officer secures the scene after a stabbing in Tel Aviv Israeli emergency services personnel clean the sidewalk at the scene of an attack |
| Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said that the assailant - named as 23-year-old Palestinian Hamza Mohammed Matroukh, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, who is believed to have entered Israel illegally - was shot and lightly wounded in the leg after trying to escape. He has been taken into custody. | |
| Officials are treating the incident as a "terror attack", police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Twitter. | Officials are treating the incident as a "terror attack", police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Twitter. |
| He said that the area around the bridge had been closed and officers were patrolling the area to "prevent any further attack", which took place during morning rush hour. | He said that the area around the bridge had been closed and officers were patrolling the area to "prevent any further attack", which took place during morning rush hour. |
| Police said Mr Matroukh had confessed to the stabbing. They claimed he said that he carried it out "in response to last year's Gaza war" and tensions surrounding a Jerusalem site holy to Jews and Muslims. | |
| Officials said: "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." | |
| "He had murder in his eyes," a bus passenger who gave her name as Orly, told Israel Radio. | |
| An Israeli man receives medical treatment from medics after he was stabbed by a Palestinian who wounded at least five passengers in a stabbing rampage on a Tel Aviv bus | An Israeli man receives medical treatment from medics after he was stabbed by a Palestinian who wounded at least five passengers in a stabbing rampage on a Tel Aviv bus |
| Conflicting reports have caused some confusion over the number of casualties in the attack. | Conflicting reports have caused some confusion over the number of casualties in the attack. |
| While Israeli newspaper reported 12 people had been wounded, with three in a serious condition, Associated Press reports said nine people had been stabbed, with four wounded seriously. | While Israeli newspaper reported 12 people had been wounded, with three in a serious condition, Associated Press reports said nine people had been stabbed, with four wounded seriously. |
| A report from the Reuters news agency meanwhile claimed seven people had been stabbed and wounded on the bus. | A report from the Reuters news agency meanwhile claimed seven people had been stabbed and wounded on the bus. |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Palestinian Authority for the attack, saying it was a "direct result of the Palestinian Authority's venomous incitement against the Jews and their state". He said in a statement: "The same terror tries to hurt us in Paris, Brussels and everywhere." | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Palestinian Authority for the attack, saying it was a "direct result of the Palestinian Authority's venomous incitement against the Jews and their state". He said in a statement: "The same terror tries to hurt us in Paris, Brussels and everywhere." |
| Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman added: "It's all part of the same process of undermining Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state." | Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman added: "It's all part of the same process of undermining Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state." |
| Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, described the attack as a "heroic act," according to Haaretz. | Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, described the attack as a "heroic act," according to Haaretz. |
| Passers-by stand behind a police tape at the scene of a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv | Passers-by stand behind a police tape at the scene of a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv |
| "The attack carried out this morning is a bold, heroic act and a natural response to the crimes of the occupation and terrorism against the Palestinian people," he is reported to have said. | "The attack carried out this morning is a bold, heroic act and a natural response to the crimes of the occupation and terrorism against the Palestinian people," he is reported to have said. |
| There have been a series of 'lone-wolf' terror attacks in East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the end of the war in Gaza last summer. | There have been a series of 'lone-wolf' terror attacks in East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the end of the war in Gaza last summer. |
| Two weeks ago, a young Jewish man in Jerusalem was stabbed in the back with a screwdriver, and in November, four rabbis and a policeman were killed in a frenzied attack on a synagogue in Har Nof. | Two weeks ago, a young Jewish man in Jerusalem was stabbed in the back with a screwdriver, and in November, four rabbis and a policeman were killed in a frenzied attack on a synagogue in Har Nof. |
| In the same month, an Israel Defense Forces soldier was stabbed and killed in a terror attack near the Haganah train station in south Tel Aviv. | In the same month, an Israel Defense Forces soldier was stabbed and killed in a terror attack near the Haganah train station in south Tel Aviv. |
| Additional reporting by Reuters | Additional reporting by Reuters |