Israeli hurt in London is 18-year-old on pre-army trip

The Israeli hurt in the London stabbing spree is an 18-year-old on a trip with her grandfather ahead of her enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces, the Ynet news website reports.

“On the way back from the hotel, I heard screams and saw two men running toward me,” Yuval Labkovsky says. “I was afraid that it was a terror attack and was sure the two men were running away from the incident. I approached the first and felt a pain in my hand. I thought I was just hit, but it turned out he was the stabber. The second man, who was chasing him, was the man who tried, and later succeeded, to catch him.”

“I saw a woman lying on the floor, covered in blood. Her husband supported her. Suddenly I realized I was also bleeding,” she added.

Labkovsky describes her injuries as relatively mild and has been released from the hospital. Hours later, she and her grandfather resumed their touring of the city.

“I’m not afraid in Israel, so I have no reason to start being afraid in London,” she says.

Labkovsky is set to be drafted into the army in five days, the report says.