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Times of Israel/AP:

17 injured, four in serious condition, in rush-hour bus attack; suspect shot and detained by police

By Stuart Winer and AP

January 21, 2015

 

A Palestinian man stabbed commuters on a Tel Aviv bus during rush hour in Tel Aviv Wednesday morning, injuring some 17 people, several seriously, police said. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said police believe it was a “terror attack.”

Four of the victims were hospitalized in serious condition, another five were left in a moderate condition, and the remaining were lightly injured according to media reports.

 

The attacker was identified as a Palestinian from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 23. He was shot after a short chase and taken into police custody.The attack occurred at about 7:30 a.m. on a No. 40 bus heading north through the city from Bat Yam.

The attacker first stabbed the bus driver, Herzl Biton, who attempted to fight back, before attacking others as passengers attempted to escape the scene.

 

Officers from a prison service who happened to be nearby and saw the bus swerving out of control and a man running away, gave chase, shot the man in the leg, wounding him lightly and subsequently arrested him.

The incident happened at the Maariv Bridge, which spans a main artery in the city and was packed with rush hour traffic at the time.

 

 

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