One Tourist Killed, Seven Wounded in Tel Aviv Terror Attack, Assailant Shot Dead
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One Tourist Killed, Seven Wounded in Tel Aviv Terror Attack, Assailant Shot Dead
The attack comes hours after two Israeli sisters were killed in a West Bank shooting attack that also left their mother critically wounded
A 35-year-old Italian tourist was killed and seven were wounded in a ramming attack at Tel Aviv's beach promenade on Friday night, emergency services reported. The attacker was shot dead. According to police, he was identified as 44-year-old Yousef Abu Jaber from the Israeli Arab city of Kafr Qasem.
The Italian Foreign Ministry identified the 35-year-old victim as Alessandro Parini. According to Italian newspaper "La Repubblica," Parini was a resident of Rome, and worked as a lawyer.
Five other people who were injured in the attack, all Italian and British citizens, were evacuated to hospital. Three are in moderate condition, including a 74-year-old-man, a 39-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl. The other two victims, a man aged 50 and a woman aged 70 were lightly wounded. Two more people, a 31-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, were lightly wounded and treated at the scene. Four of the wounded were released from hospital Friday morning.
The attacker was shot by a police officer and a civilian inspector.
The attack comes hours after two Israeli sisters were killed in a West Bank shooting attack that also left their mother critically wounded
A 35-year-old Italian tourist was killed and seven were wounded in a ramming attack at Tel Aviv's beach promenade on Friday night, emergency services reported. The attacker was shot dead. According to police, he was identified as 44-year-old Yousef Abu Jaber from the Israeli Arab city of Kafr Qasem.
The Italian Foreign Ministry identified the 35-year-old victim as Alessandro Parini. According to Italian newspaper "La Repubblica," Parini was a resident of Rome, and worked as a lawyer.
Five other people who were injured in the attack, all Italian and British citizens, were evacuated to hospital. Three are in moderate condition, including a 74-year-old-man, a 39-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl. The other two victims, a man aged 50 and a woman aged 70 were lightly wounded. Two more people, a 31-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, were lightly wounded and treated at the scene. Four of the wounded were released from hospital Friday morning.
The attacker was shot by a police officer and a civilian inspector.