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Interior minister moves to revoke citizenship of car-rammer

29 May 2016, 2:27 pm
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Interior Minister Aryeh Deri says he has filed a request with the Haifa District Court to revoke the Israeli citizenship of an Arab man who carried out a combined stabbing and car-ramming attack last October.

Alaa Raed Ahmad Ziwad was charged with four counts of attempted murder after he drove his car into an Israeli soldier, seriously injuring her, and then stepped out of his car to stab three others on October 11, 2015.

Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene of a multiple stabbing attack near Hadera, on October 11, 2015. (Assaf Brezinger/Magen David Adom)
Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene of a multiple stabbing attack near Hadera, on October 11, 2015. (Assaf Brezinger/Magen David Adom)

The attack took place on Route 65 near the entrance to Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, northeast of Hadera.

“Revoking citizenship is a rare, serious step but we must respond forcefully against anyone who harms the state’s security and its residents,” Deri says a statement.

— Marissa Newman

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