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Click here to watch: Terrorist Goes on Stabbing Rampage on Tel Aviv Bus
A terrorist stabbing attack took place Wednesday morning on a bus in central Tel Aviv, on Begin Road, near Beit Maariv.
The terrorist in an Arab man, reportedly from Judea and Samaria. Videos taken a few minutes after the attack show wounded civilians receiving first aid from emergency teams. Up to 17 people were reported wounded in the stabbing.
There are varying accounts regarding the number of seriously wounded. According to the most recent account, at least two people are suffering from serious or critical wounds, four are said to be moderately wounded, and the rest are suffering from shock. According to Channel 2, four people are seriously wounded. The wounded were taken to Ichilov and Tel Hashomer hospitals. An eyewitness told IDF Radio that two of the wounded were very seriously hurt, having been stabbed "in the brain (and) in the neck." He said that some of the wounded got away from the bus and advanced about 100 or 150 meters before collapsing.
The stabbing rampage took place inside the #40 line bus. The terrorist reportedly stabbed the driver first, and this prevented the driver from opening the bus's doors to let the passengers escape. The doors were reportedly opened by one of the passengers.
He then got off the bus and was chased by police on Hamasger Street. According to police, a team from the Israel Prisons Service's elite Nachshon unit happened to be driving behind the bus when the attack took place.
The officers got off the car and gave chase to the terrorist, shot him in the leg and arrested him. He is reportedly 23 years old and a resident of Tulkarem in Samaria, who was in Israel illegally.
Hamas condoned on Wednesday a stabbing attack on a Tel Aviv bus which left nine people injured, calling it an act of heroism. Izzat al-Risheq, a senior Hamas official, said the stabbing attack "against Zionists in Tel Aviv is a brave and heroic act."
The event was deemed a "natural response to Israeli terrorism," by Hamas Spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri, who issued an official statement as events unfolded in Tel Aviv. The incident, the statement said, was a response to ongoing "Israeli crimes" against the "Palestinian people".
Source: Arutz Sheva
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