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IDF identifies victim from Karmiel attack as off-duty soldier Aleksandr Iakiminskyi
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Sgt. Aleksandr Iakiminskyi, 19, killed in a terror stabbing attack in Karmiel, June 3, 2024. (Courtesy)
An off-duty IDF soldier was killed in this morning’s terror stabbing attack at a mall in the northern city of Karmiel, the military announces.
The slain soldier is named as Sgt. Aleksandr Iakiminskyi, 19, a truck driver in the 188th Armored Brigade’s 71st Battalion, from Nahariya.
Another soldier of the 71st Battalion was seriously wounded in the terror attack. Both were in uniform at the time.
The assailant, identified by security officials as Jawwad Omar Rubia, an Israeli citizen from the Arab town of Nahf, was shot dead by Iakiminskyi in the attack.
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