Two killed in stabbing-ramming attack in northern Israel; police probing possible terror motive

Two people have been killed in a possible terror attack in northern Israel, emergency services say. Police say they have “neutralized” the suspected assailant.

The suspected perpetrator carried out a string of three separate attacks, killing a 68-year-old pedestrian in a hit-and-run and fatally stabbing a young woman near a bus stop on Route 71.

Hebrew outlets report that the slain woman is 19 years old. She had apparently been trying to hitchhike in the area when the attacker exited his car and fatally stabbed her.

Before that, he had collided with another driver, lightly injuring the young man at the wheel.

After stabbing the woman, the suspect fled towards Afula but was stopped and neutralized by law enforcement.

Police update that Chief Commissioner Danny Levy is currently en route to the scene of the string of attacks in the north.

Authorities are checking whether the suspected assailant is a Palestinian resident of the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya, near Jenin, Kan reports.