Israeli man stabbed, badly hurt in Ma’ale Adumim

Victim evacuated to Jerusalem hospital; manhunt launched for attacker in suspected terror attack

The West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, July 29, 2015. (Garrett Mills/Flash 90)
The West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, July 29, 2015. (Garrett Mills/Flash 90)

An Israeli man was severely injured when he was beaten and stabbed in central Ma’ale Adumim early Friday.

Investigators were looking at the incident as a possible terror attack.

The suspected attacker, a Palestinian said to be in his early 20s, fled the scene. A manhunt was launched for him, including in Palestinian villages near the West Bank settlement, which lies east of Jerusalem.

A knife and an ax were found at the scene, the Israel Hayom daily reported.

The injured man, a security guard in his 40s, was treated by Magen David Adom rescue medics at the scene and taken to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem.

He arrived in hospital unconscious and was attached to a breathing apparatus.

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