Stabbing attacks reported in Ariel in Samaria. Terrorist shot and eliminated, searches underway for a second terrorist.
By: INN Staff
Three people were killed and four more wounded in a stabbing attack at three separate locations in and around the Israeli city of Ariel in Samaria Tuesday morning.
IDF paramedics, along with MDA and United Hatzalah personnel, treated the victims at the scene before evacuating them to Beilinson Medical Center in Petah Tikva via ambulance.
One of the victims, a man in his forties, was critically wounded and later succumbed to his wounds. A second man of approximately the same age who was wounded at the gas station, was initially listed in serious condition, and also succumbed to his wounds.
A third victim, who is in his thirties, was also fatally wounded next to the ‘Ten’ gas station in Ariel.
Four others were wounded in the attack, and are all listed in critical or serious condition.
The attack occurred at two sites in the industrial zone of Ariel in central Samaria, when two Arab terrorists attacked Israelis at the entrance to the industrial zone, and at a gas station.
“At 9:28 a.m., MDA received a report to the 101 emergency call center’s Yarkon branch regarding three people seriously wounded in a terror attack next to the ‘Ten’ gas station in the Ariel industrial zone. MDA paramedics are providing emergency care on the scene,” MDA said in a statement.
The terrorist fled the scene, an army spokesperson said, but was located by IDF forces on westbound Route 5 near the town of Peduel, where he was shot and killed. While attempting to evade authorities, the terrorist caused an accident involving eight cars on Route 5.
“A terrorist arrived at the entrance gate of the Ariel Industrial Zone and stabbed civilians in the area,” the IDF said in a statement Tuesday morning, noting that contrary to initial reports which claimed a second terrorist had been neutralized, security forces are still searching for a second suspected terrorist.
“Later on, the terrorist arrived at a nearby gas station and stabbed additional civilians. The terrorist fled the gas station by driving a stolen vehicle at route 5, committed an intended car accident and rammed an additional civilian.”
“An IDF soldier who was at the scene neutralized him. IDF soldiers are searching the area for an additional individual suspected of assisting the terrorist.”
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Daniel Cohen, who was one of the first responders at the scene relayed: “When I arrived at the scene I found that the incident had transpired in two different locations. Overall, there are four people who were wounded, three of whom are in serious condition. Together with other EMS personnel, I provided emergency medical treatment to the injured at both scenes prior to their being transported to the hospital.”
MDA paramedics Elad Polak and Neria Ketoa who treated the wounded in Ariel said: “A 36-year-old man was lying near the security room suffering from a stab wound in his upper body, he was conscious and communicating with us. We immediately provided medical treatment that included stopping the bleeding and dressings, we moved him to the Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and we evacuated him to the hospital in moderate condition. Another injured person in a critical condition who was unconscious was treated by an IDF medical force and after resuscitation operations he was pronounced dead.”
MDA paramedic Tomer Fein and MDA EMT Anatoly Firer said: “Next to the pumps at the gas station were 2 wounded people who suffered from stab wounds. A 35-year-old man was unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, and after medical examinations an MDA paramedic pronounced him dead. The second victim, a man of about 40 years old, was unconscious, we gave him life-saving medical treatment that included giving him drugs and plasma in order to stabilize his condition and evacuated him to the hospital in serious condition where he was sedated and ventilated.”