At least one person was killed and 15 people injured in a Palestinian attack that included several car accidents in the Israeli town of Ranana, in the center of the country, this Monday, Israeli police confirmed “It looks like a terrorist attack”. According to the statement of the spokesman for the Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA), a 70-year-old person was initially reported injured in a critical condition, “whose life is in danger,” while three other people “remain in” “critical condition,” “serious.” “With injuries to his head and body. Ultimately, the elderly woman died despite resuscitation efforts, Meir Hospital said in a statement.
The police are currently talking about it a single suspect, a Palestinian resident of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank; who has already been arrested while inspecting the location in search of other possible participants. “After an unusual incident in Ranana, it is suspected that it was a hit-and-run in which a suspect ran over several citizens in a stolen vehicle,” reported the police The suspect used up to three vehicles in the alleged attack.
According to Hebrew media, the attacker allegedly stabbed a driver, stole his vehicle and used it to run over pedestrians on Hacharoshet Street in Ranana. He then got another car himself and rammed another group of people, reports Israeli broadcaster 12. All of the injured have already been taken to the nearest hospital.
A witness to the alleged attack told the same media that he saw “someone stab three people near the mall. The attacker stole a car and ran over other people.”
