Due to the ongoing manhunt for a suspected terrorist who allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack in north Tel Aviv earlier today, the municipality announces that schools in the area are on high alert.
Children in schools in north Tel Aviv will only be allowed to go home if accompanied by an adult.
Earlier, a soldier said he narrowly escaped a stabbing attempt at the entrance to an airport in northern Tel Aviv, according to police.
Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
The alleged stabber is said to have escaped the scene in his car and large forces were deployed to search for the suspect in the busy city.
Police said the suspect was in a car and drove up to the soldier at a bus stop near the entrance to the Sde Dov airport.
The incident occurred at the intersection of Rokach boulevard and Ibn Gabirol boulevard, police said.
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