Police say assailant in Haifa terror attack was an Israeli citizen

Members of Israeli security and emergency services at the site of a stabbing terror attack at a central bus station in Haifa on March 3, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
Members of Israeli security and emergency services at the site of a stabbing terror attack at a central bus station in Haifa on March 3, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

The terrorist who carried out a deadly stabbing attack this morning in Haifa is an Israeli citizen, says police spokesman Aryeh Doron.

Police say the assailant was killed shortly after carrying out the stabbing attack. It is suspected he was shot by a bus station security guard.

According to reports, eyewitnesses say the terrorist is around 20 years old and arrived at the bus station from the northern city of Shfar’am

One man was killed and four people were injured in the attack near the entrance to a Haifa bus station.

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