Combination ramming and stabbing south of Haifa leaves 12 people wounded, including 3 in serious condition.
By World Israel News Staff
A terrorist attack in northern Israel left at least 12 people wounded Thursday afternoon, including 2 people who were seriously injured.
The attack occurred at approximately 4:20 PM when a terrorist driving by Karkur Junction on Highway 65 near the city of Pardes Hana-Karkur rammed into multiple pedestrians.
The terrorist then exited the vehicle and proceeded to stab several people.
At least two police officers were stabbed during the attack, according to preliminary reports.
Officers responding to the attack opened fire and fatally wounded the terrorist on the scene.
Israeli media outlets initially misidentified the terrorist as a 24-year-old Arab citizen of Israel from the town of Ma’ale Iron.
However, police later clarified that the terrorist was a 53-year-old Palestinian Authority resident from the Jenin district who was illegally residing in Israel.
“The terrorist ran over several people at a bus station, then proceeded to stab others and crashed into a police vehicle,” Israel Police said in a statement Thursday.
Emergency first responders from Magen David Adom (MDA) and United Hatzalah were dispatched to the scene to treat the injured, while police forces were deployed to the area.
“According to passersby, this was a vehicle that hit several people standing on the sidewalk,” United Hatzalah paramedics Lahav Sliman, Eli Teichholz and Nadav Gov reported from the scene.
“We provided assistance at the scene to approximately ten victims (aged 20-40) who were seriously, moderately, and moderately injured. The United Hatzalah Psychotrauma Unit also provided assistance to the panicked witnesses who were at the scene.”
The twelve victims range in age from approximately 20 to 70.
According to an update from Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, one victim is in critical condition, two more are in serious condition, while six are listed in moderate condition, while three people were treated for shock.
“We arrived at a complex scene with a lot of commotion following a vehicle that struck several pedestrians,’ MDA paramedic Avi Cohen relayed from the scene.
“There were eight injured people at the scene—two in serious condition, three in moderate condition, and three with minor injuries. They were near a bus station at the Pardes Hanna-Karkur junction, in the westbound lane, when the vehicle hit them.”
“When we arrived, they were lying in the rear area. We immediately began providing medical treatment to all the injured, including stopping bleeding and bandaging wounds. We loaded them into ambulances and mobile intensive care units and quickly evacuated them to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.”
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