Woman Stabbed in Israel in Potential Terrorist Attack, Perpetrator 'Neutralized' - Reports

10:57 GMT, 28 April 2020

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A 62-year old woman was stabbed in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba in what police are now investigating as a potential terrorist attack, The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday.

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According to the outlet, citing police, law enforcement officers are now on the scene and have shut down nearby roads.

The Jerusalem-based ZAKA International Rescue Unit emergency service said, as quoted in the report, that the attacker had been "neutralized," not clarifying if it meant that he was still alive.

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BREAKING: Stabbing attack by Palestinian terrorist in Kfar Saba on an Israeli 70 year old woman.

Terrorist neutralized. Victim in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/JF0IulhT1b
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The stabbed woman was reportedly taken to a hospital in moderate-to-serious condition.