Man killed, another injured in brawl in northern Israel

A man was stabbed to death in a fight that broke out near the Elyakim Junction on Mount Carmel, in northern Israel, on Saturday night.

A second person was moderately injured in the brawl, the Magen David ambulance service said, while media reports said several others may have been lightly hurt.

The wounded man, who medics said was about 20 years old, was taken to a gas station and left there for rescue services.

Medics treated him at the scene and loaded him into an ambulance to take him to the Rambam Medical Center in nearby Haifa.

On the way to the hospital, the ambulance encountered a vehicle where the medics found the dead man.

“Inside the car lay a young man of about 20, unconscious and without a pulse and suffering from multiple stab wounds,” medics Hanan Zohar and Lior Dostari said in a statement.

“We administered medical care and attempted advanced life support, at the end of which we were forced to declare him dead at the scene,” they said.

Police opened an investigation and were looking into suspicions that the brawl took place at an outdoor party in the area.