Police enlist volunteer teams in manhunt for ramming suspect

Police have called up local volunteer security teams in central Israel to assist in an ongoing manhunt for the perpetrator of a car-ramming terror attack earlier today.

Central District police commander Yair Hetzroni gave the order to enlist their help in tracking down the suspect, 27-year-old Arkan Khaled, a resident of Taybeh.

Police say that over 350 volunteers from the Sharon Region police and Border Police have been working since the morning in the ongoing search.

Khaled, still at large, is suspected of ramming eight soldiers near the entrance to Kfar Yona and then fleeing the scene. Police found his deserted car, a white Toyota, in the Beit Lid area of the West Bank later that morning.

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