One person was killed and four others wounded after a terrorist went on a stabbing frenzy at a bus station in the Israeli city of Haifa on Monday, authorities said.
The killer, identified by police as an Arab Israeli citizen, was shot and killed by security guards soon after knifing the victims at the Lev Hamifratz transit hub.
The terrorist rode in on a bus — then shouted “Allahu Akbar” before attacking those around him, a witness told the Times of Israel.
Members of ZAKA rescue services carry the body of a 70-year-old killed in the stabbing attack in Haifa, Israel. AP
Officials at the scene. AFP via Getty ImagesShocking surveillance video captured the attacker running up behind one of his victims and repeatedly stabbing him in the back before he was taken out.
Cops said the attacker, who was from a nearby Arab Druze town, had only just recently returned to Israel after some time abroad.
Hamas quickly praised the attack but stopped short of claiming responsibility for it.
Investigators, who described the incident as a terrorist attack, said they were still probing whether the knifeman acted alone.
Blood in the area. AFP via Getty ImagesAmong the injured was a 15-year-old boy who was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Three others – a woman in her 70s and a man and woman in their 30s — were
hospitalized with moderate injuries, according to officials.
The unidentified slain victim was in his 60s, authorities said.
The incident comes just days after three buses exploded near Tel Aviv and bombs were found on two others in a suspected coordinated terror attack.
No casualties were reported in that incident.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to carry out an “intensive” operation in the West Bank in the wake of the explosions.
With Post wires






