A Palestinian attacked and wounded several people, including an 80-year-old woman, in a stabbing spree in central Israel hours after Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who they say tried to stab a soldier in the West Bank on Monday, in the latest incidents in more than a month of violence.
Israeli media said a Palestinian stabbed a woman on a bus and then ran into the street and stabbed another woman before continuing to run down the street and carrying out another attack. Police Spokeswoman luba Samri said that after stabbing the first two people, the Palestinian, a 19-year-old from the West Bank city of Hebron, tried to enter a clothing shop but a woman in the store slammed a door on him.
The Palestinian then went into another store and stabbed a woman. Bystanders apprehended him and then police on motorcycles detained him. Yitzhak Scharf of Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center said that 80-year-old woman was stabbed in the back and waist and sustained damage to blood vessels and fractured her hip.
A 40-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the chest. Another person was lightly wounded he said.