Guard seriously hurt in Karmiel stabbing today; police said increasingly believing it was terror

10 December 2024, 10:35 pm

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Police are increasingly suspecting that an incident today in which a man stabbed a police officer and a security guard in the northern city of Karmiel was a terror attack, according to several Hebrew media reports.

The incident has its roots on Saturday, when the assailant, from the Arab town of Nahf, was briefly arrested after a soldier complained that he had tried to reach for her firearm. In his questioning, the man said he had merely tried to move the weapon out of his way, not grab it.

Today, the same man arrived at the police station in Karmiel and was stopped at the entrance after giving insufficient answers as to why he was entering, saying he wanted to “speak with the cops,” according to the Ynet news site.

He then brought out a knife and attacked the cop — who didn’t require hospitalization — and the guard, who was seriously injured.

Police initially said the motive was criminal, but are now saying all possibilities are being looked into.