Israeli police say two attackers are in custody Monday following a “terrorist attack” that left one person dead and at least 16 others injured in the city of Ra'anana, just north of Tel Aviv.
The vehicle attacks unfolded after an attacker stabbed a woman and stole her vehicle, police say. Central District Commander Avi Biton later announced that two individuals from the same family in the Hebron area of the West Bank, who worked nearby, were detained.
“I was sure it was a car accident,” Eden Alfi, a witness to one of the attacks, told Israeli newspaper Maariv, according to The Jerusalem Post. “Another person was with me, he realized the situation and shouted 'an attack, an attack'. After that, I saw the terrorist. I saw him stabbing a man in his 60s. The man fell and the terrorist fled.”
At least 16 people have been injured in the attacks. A woman who was seriously injured later died at a local hospital. Three other people are said to be in serious condition.
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Israeli authorities are investigating the scene of one of the attacks on Monday, January 15, in Ra'anana, Israel. (Gideon Markowicz/TPS)
“Following an unusual incident that currently occurred in Ra'anana, police forces are on the scene and the circumstances of the incident are being investigated,” the Israel Police said in a statement, according to The Jerusalem Post. “The public is asked to be vigilant and obey the instructions of the police officer.”
Israeli authorities arrive to investigate the scene of one of the ramming attacks in Ra'anana, Israel. (Gideon Markowicz/TPS)
Biton added that the suspects “went out together and in parallel to two different locations, took two cars and launched a series of attacks,” Reuters reports.
Images taken at one of the scenes showed a heavily damaged white sedan that appeared to have been crashed into a bus stop.
At least one person has been reported dead following attacks in Ra'anana, Israel. (Gideon Markowicz/TPS)
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Schools in the area where the attacks occurred have been closed, The Jerusalem Post reports.
