Israel stabbing attack: What we know about the deaths of two people near Tel Aviv
Street attack. Two people were killed in a knife attack in Holon, in the southern suburbs of Tel Aviv (Israel)Sunday August 4. Police said the suspect, a resident of the occupied West Bank, had been “neutralized” before succumbing to his injuries in hospital. Franceinfo takes stock of what we know about this attack.
The attack occurred on Sunday morning on a street inHolon, a city located in the suburbs of Tel Aviv. Two Israelis, a 66-year-old woman and a man aged around 80, died of their injuries shortly after the attack. A 68-year-old man and a 26-year-old were also injured, according to Magen David Dom, Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross. The 60-year-old is in serious condition.
“This was a complex and difficult terrorist attack, with victims in three different locations [de la ville d’Holon], about 500 meters from each other”stressed Magen David Adom. The 26-year-old man, the first victim of the attack, was stabbed while running with his dog, Israeli media reports. Ynet.
The assailant then fled to a park and stabbed a couple, killing the 66-year-old woman and seriously injuring her 68-year-old husband, according to the Israeli website. The attacker eventually reached a gas station, where he stabbed an octogenarian, who died of his injuries after the attack.
