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Five killed in Israel, West Bank attacks
Israeli police have confirmed the death of at least five people who were killed in two alleged Palestinian attacks in Tel Aviv and the Gush Etzion Israeli settlement near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
On Thursday, the first attack was allegedly carried out by a knife-wielding man who fatally stabbed two Israeli men and seriously injured a third in a southern Tel Aviv office building. The assailant was however arrested at the scene of the crime.
According to reports, Luba Samri, an Israeli police spokeswoman, said troops were searching for a possible accomplice of the attacker.
Samri revealed that the 24 year-old Palestinian assailant from the West Bank village of Dura was apprehended by civilians.
Read also: More deaths as Palestinian protests rage on
“A bloodied man stumbled into the room where he prayed with companions. He described a dramatic standoff with the worshippers standing against the closed shop door as the assailant tried to force his way in.” Shimon Vaknin, a witness said.
“We were in the middle of prayers … a man fell upon us covered in blood, all cut up,” Vaknin said.
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