three police officers in the French city of Tours . The attacker was a 20-year - old French citizen who was born in Burundi . He was shot dead by police .
That would lead to despair and violence , " he said . Palestinians say Israeli settlement expansion in occupied territory is dimming any prospect for the viable state they seek . Israel has demanded tighter security measures from the Palestinians and a crackdown on militants responsible for a string of stabbingsconflict.attack.stabbingand shootings against Israelis . The CIA Factbook online says about 371,000 Israelis live in settlements scattered among an estimated 2.7 million Palestinians in the West Bank , captured by Israel in the 1967 war . The figures exclude East Jerusalem , which both sides claim .
According to Russia Today , Police Union Director Lena Nitz said : ' Many of the problems we are now facing help to prove the point that Swedish police have long been underfunded and understaffed . ' , ” Police Union Director Lena Nitz , told TT news agency . This follows the murder of Alexandra Mezher , who was stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingto death at a refugee centre in Molndal , near Gothenburg on Sweden 's west coast . A police spokesman did not give details about the man ’s age or nationality but confirmed he had been arrested for murder . One report suggested the killer was 15 years old .
It worked ! ( CBC News ) An American man committed suicide in a Taiwan courthouse after he was convicted of growing marijuana . When told he would receive a four - year prison sentence , the 41-year - old cried out : “ I do n’t want to live anymore ! ” before stabbingconflict.attack.stabbinghimself with a pair of scissors . ( Peter Holley ) This girl was injured after an airstrike on the rebel - controlled city of Idlib , Syria , on Wednesday .
The rising sophomore studying exercise science is also accused of biting pieces of flesh off John Stevens ' face and stabbing the couple 's neighbor , 47-year - old Jeff Fisher , who tried to come to their rescue . An autopsy showed that Mishcon was beaten to death , while her husband died of multiple knife wounds and was partially cannibalized . The wife had also been stabbedconflict.attack.stabbing, but those injuries were not fatal . Online tutorial : Harrouff had posted bodybuilding tutorials on YouTube in the days and weeks leading up to the attack . In his latest video , posted just five days before the attack , the teen talks about why he does not want to take steroids
The photographs remained a secret until after he had spoken to a team of international prosecutors and forensic experts , the following January . Without a key connecting detainee names to the corpse numbers , identifying the dead is difficult . Many of the faces were thoroughly destroyed , or the eyes were gougedconflict.attack.stabbingout . Syrian activists close to Caesar published several thousand pictures online , allowing family members to search for missing loved ones . The photographs also circulated in refugee camps .
Authorities initially said the attack was simply the work of a disgruntled student , but the FBI concluded four months later that Mohammad had looked at ISIS and other terrorist websites and propaganda before the attack . The agency concluded the attack appeared to be terror - inspired , but said " it may never be possible to definitively determine why he chose to attack people on the UC Merced campus . " None of the stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingvictims died . December 2 , 2015 -- Tashfeen Malik and her husband , Syed Rizwan Farook , Tashfeen Malik and her husband , Syed Rizwan Farook , shoot 14 people to death and injure 21 others at a gathering of local government health workers in San Bernardino , California . Malik and Farook are gunned down in a shootout with law enforcement .
“ The two terrorists stabbed them in the back multiple times , both in the upper body , and fled the scene toward the adjacent neighborhood of Jebl Mukaber , ” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said shortly after the stabbings.“Police and emergency units rushed to the scene and gave immediate medical assistance before transferring both women to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in moderate condition . While a forensics team searched the area , police set up roadblocks to find the terrorists.”Roughly one hour later , Rosenfeld said , Border Police officers arrested two suspects matching the description of the assailants , but after extensive questioning , both young men were released without charges.“Police are continuing to search for the terrorists involved in the attack and hope to make arrests soon , ” he said later in the day . Shortly after the attack , Shaare Zedek Medical Center spokeswoman Shoham Ruvio said both victims were in stable condition and expected to survive.“They are stable and conscious , ” said Ruvio . “ One , 86 years old , was stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingin the back three times and is in the intensive care unit . The second victim , 82 , was also stabbed multiple times and is in the department for heart surgery . She does n’t need surgery , but is being closely monitored due to a preexisting heart condition.”Meanwhile , Rosenfeld said , security has been heightened throughout the capital , and will continue at elevated levels throughout the holiday.“All public areas will have additional police units deployed and nothing will be left to chance , as the city observes Remembrance Day and Independence Day , ” he said . Last October , the Armon Hanatziv / East Talpiot neighborhood made international headlines after two terrorists from Jebl Mukaber stormed an Egged bus and stabbed and shot four victims to death before being killed by police . To stymie the deadly violence between the Arab and Jewish communities , police temporarily set up a concrete wall and checkpoint around Jebl Mukaber , which was soon taken down amid protests by human rights groups . Near the scene of Tuesday ’s attack , a cross - section of residents expressed shock and indignation that the assailants preyed on women in their 80s . Meir Shahar , 67 , a longtime resident of Armon Hanatziv/ East Talpiot said young Arab residents from Jebl Mukaber have long intimidated and terrorized Jews living in his neighborhood , but said he was stunned that defenseless elderly women were stabbed in the back.“These are old women ! ” he said with clear revulsion . “ What did they do that they should be stabbed ?
Officers gave chase after the suspect , who fired at them again , wounding another officer . Police then shot and killed the suspect . A Karl Gustav rifle was confiscated at the scene . ( Scene of stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingattack in Petah Tikva . Credit : Alon Hachman)Shortly beforehand , one Israeli was moderately wounded in a suspected terror stabbing in Petah Tikva . The assailant was also stabbed during the incident , after the haredi victim removed the knife from his neck and stabbed the assailant . The attacker was reported to have died . Magen David Adom paramedics provided initial treatment to the victim , a man thought to be around 35-years - old at the scene , before transferring him to Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus . Dana Somberg and Yasser Okbi / Maariv HaShavua contributed to this report
There are somewhere between 784 and nearly 1000 known white supremacist groups right now in the US , plus tons of followers of this ideology who do n't belong to any group . And they 're not underground -- they're active . Just this past week in California there was a KKK rally in Anaheim where three counter - protesters were stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingand 13 others were arrested . A stark reminder that , yeah , racism and white supremacy are alive and well in the United States . And David Duke , a former Grand Wizard of the KKK , endorsed Trump for president -- and Trump did not reject the KKK and Duke outright .
Mr Netanyahu also approved the planning of 240 new homes in settlement neighbourhoods of annexed east Jerusalem , as well as for 600 units for Palestinians in the city ’s Beit Safafa district , media reported . Mr Netanyahu and Mr Lieberman issued no comment on the reported approvals , which follow calls inside Israel for a harsh response to a spate of attacks on Israelis in the West Bank . On Thursday , a 13-year - old Israeli - American girl was fatally stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingin her home in the Kiryat Arba settlement , on the outskirts of Hebron . Her 19-year - old Palestinian assailant was shot dead by a security guard . A young woman related to the assailant was shot dead at a Hebron checkpoint the next day by Israeli security forces who accused her of drawing a knife .
The three wounded tourists – Austrian pair Renata and Wilhelm Weisslein , both 72 , and Swede Sammie Olovsson – were rushed to hospital for treatment . Sammie , 27 , described how a jihadi tried to stabconflict.attack.stabbinghim in the chest and slashed his neck four times but told friends on Facebook that he was fine and recovering in hospital .
Both Deng and Li had been previously named in another major investigation coordinated by the ICIJ and published in January 2014 , on “ secretive offshore companies in tax havens that helped shroud the Communist elite ’s wealth ” . Hong Kong Chinese - language newspaper Ming Pao was involved in the investigation . The newspaper ’s then editor - in - chief Kevin Lau Chun - to was stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingby two assailants in February 2014 , raising questions whether the attack was related to the investigation . The assailants admitted receiving HK$100,000 each to attack Lau , but refused to say who paid them . They were jailed for 19 years last August .
Israel regards East Jerusalem , which it annexed after the 1967 war , as part of its unified , sovereign capital . According to the plan , 560 new units will be built in Ma’ale Adumim , a West Bank settlement to the east of the capital , 140 homes were approved for the Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot and 100 for the Har Homa neighborhood , in southeastern Jerusalem . The move came in response to the killing of Hallel Yaffa Ariel , 13 , who was stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingto death by a Palestinian while sleeping in her bed on Thursday , and to the shooting of Rabbi Miki Mark and the injuring of his family as they were driving near Hebron a day later . Both Ariel and Miki Mark ’s wife Chava Mark , who was seriously injured in the attack , are American citizens , but Kirby indicated their citizenship did not play a role in any US response to the attacks . “ Any death and any injury is significant when it results from this sort of violence , ” he said , reiterating Washington ’s condemnation of the attacks .
Police then shot and killed the suspect . A Karl Gustav rifle was confiscated at the scene . ( Scene of stabbing attack in Petah Tikva . Credit : Alon Hachman)Shortly beforehand , one Israeli was moderately wounded in a suspected terror stabbing in Petah Tikva . The assailant was also stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingduring the incident , after the haredi victim removed the knife from his neck and stabbed the assailant . The attacker was reported to have died . Magen David Adom paramedics provided initial treatment to the victim , a man thought to be around 35-years - old at the scene , before transferring him to Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus . Dana Somberg and Yasser Okbi / Maariv HaShavua contributed to this report
The president will outline his vision during remarks at a refugee summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York , a city struck by terrorism on Saturday . ADVERTISEMENT Calls for Obama to reconsider his approach have been stirred anew by the latest attacks , which included homemade bombs in New York and New Jersey and stabbingsconflict.attack.stabbingin a Minnesota mall . The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria took credit for the Minnesota attack on Saturday reportedly carried out by Dahir Adan , a 22-year - old Somali - American who worked at a private security firm . Nine people were wounded in the stabbings ; Adan was shot and killed by an off - duty police officer .
The close ally of Clinton is trying to give clemency to 200,000 non - violent convicts so that they can get back on the voting rolls . ( Laura Vozzella ) FBI officials are investigating a possible ISIS - inspired knife attack in Roanoke , Va , this weekend . The suspect apparently shouted “ Allah Akbar ” while stabbingconflict.attack.stabbinga man and woman . The 20-year - old Wasil Farooqui , of Roanoke County , seems to have chosen the his victims at random . ( Rachel Weiner ) Andrea Tantaros became the latest former Fox News host to file grievances against her former employer , naming Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly in a sexual harassment lawsuit .
The Steveneses were sitting in the garage of their stucco home on Kokomo Lane with the door open , when the attack occurred at around 9.15pm . Snyder , who said there was no link between Harrouff and the married couple , described the attack as ' random as random can be ' . Harrouff allegedly stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingthe couple with a switchblade knife he was known to carry around . Multiple ‘ weapons of opportunity , ’ were also used to inflict massive trauma to the victims ' bodies . Snyder said it was clear that John had fought back .
“ Let them come here , ” said Putin . “ They emigrated from here under Soviet Union , but now they can come back . ” Marseille anti - semitic stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingLast week , a Jewish teacher in the French city of Marseille was the target of an anti - Semitic machete attack . The victim escaped serious injury : protecting himself with a Torah he was carrying .
The source said that vice president met with former Israeli President Shimon Peres as planned , adding that Biden was in a secure location and therefore did not need to change course . ( Scene of Jaffa stabbing . Credit : United Hatzalah)Later Tuesday evening , Hamas welcomed the string of terror attacks against Israelis that occurred within hours of each other in Jaffa , Petah Tikva and Jerusalem . The Palestinian terror group said the attacks proved that the current wave of Palestinian violence has not desisted and that attempts to thwart it have not succeeded . Hours earlier , three Israelis were wounded in two separate terror attacks that occurred within minutes of each other in Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva . Scene of stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingattack in Petah TikvaIn the attack in Jerusalem , two Israeli police officers were wounded by an Arab gunman targeting the security forces outside the Damascus Gate of the Old City . MDA paramedics said that both of the victims were seriously wounded in the attack . The two wounded officers were evacuated for hospitalization . Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said that the suspect fired at police officers , wounding one .
In the late 1990s , Eric Rudolph — raised Catholic and affiliated for a time with a Christian Identity sect — bombed abortion clinics and a gay bar , insisting they were venues of immorality and evil . Last July , an Orthodox Jewish Israeli attacked the marchers in the Jerusalem LGBT pride parade , stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingsix of them , and one of them , a teenager , died of her wounds ; justifying his attacks by appealing to Talmudic punishments for homosexuality , he had just been released from a 10-year prison term for doing the same in 2005 . Yesterday , a Christian pastor from Arizona , Steven Anderson , praised the slaughter of 49 people in an Orlando LGBT club on the ground that “ homosexuals are a bunch of disgusting perverts ” and are “ pedophiles . ” Violent attacks on gay bars in the U.S. have long been common , as sociology professor Greggor Mattson documented today : “ The crime blotters of the gay press have always been punctuated by attacks on patrons at gay bars and continue to be today , ” including killings .
A Palestinian assailant killed an American tourist and wounded at least 10 other victims in a stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingspree that began in southern Tel Aviv 's Jaffa Port , in the third attack within a number of hours on Tuesday evening . The American who succumbed to his wounds sustain in the attack had been evacuated to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon . Relevant to your professional network ?
Biden " expressed sorrow at the tragic loss of American life . " Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld tweeted that the attacker , a Palestinian from the West Bank , was fatally shot by police . 1 person murdered in Jaffa stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingattack . 10 people taken to hospital being treated . Knife used by attacker found .
“ As we gather here , three evolving threats — Iran ’s continued aggression , a rising tide of extremism across a wide arc of instability , and the growing effort to de - legitimize Israel on the world stage — are converging to make the U.S.-Israel alliance more indispensable than ever , ” she declared . “ The United States and Israel must be closer than ever , stronger than ever and more determined than ever to prevail against our common adversaries and to advance our shared values . … This is especially true at a time when Israel faces brutal terrorist stabbingsconflict.attack.stabbing, shootings and vehicle attacks at home . Parents worry about letting their children walk down the street . Families live in fear . ”
In a video posted on social media by the Activestills collective photo agency , Israeli soldiers are seen hitting Palestinians with batons , throwing sound grenades , firing tear gas canisters and threatening to " use force " . READ MORE : Israel 's stop - and - frisk law ' blatant racism ' In the southern West Bank city of Hebron , a Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli forces during an alleged stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingattempt , Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld wrote on Twitter . Outside Otniel , a nearby illegal Israeli settlement , an Israeli man died and three of his relatives were injured when their car flipped after allegedly coming under fire by a Palestinian assailant on Friday afternoon , Israeli media reported . Although unable to comment on the Qalandia clashes , an Israeli army spokesperson told Al Jazeera the three people injured in the crash near the settlement were evacuated to a hospital .
While a forensics team searched the area , police set up roadblocks to find the terrorists . ”Roughly one hour later , Rosenfeld said , Border Police officers arrested two suspects matching the description of the assailants , but after extensive questioning , both young men were released without charges . “Police are continuing to search for the terrorists involved in the attack and hope to make arrests soon , ” he said later in the day . Shortly after the attack , Shaare Zedek Medical Center spokeswoman Shoham Ruvio said both victims were in stable condition and expected to survive . “They are stable and conscious , ” said Ruvio . “ One , 86 years old , was stabbed in the back three times and is in the intensive care unit . The second victim , 82 , was also stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingmultiple times and is in the department for heart surgery . She does n’t need surgery , but is being closely monitored due to a preexisting heart condition . ”Meanwhile , Rosenfeld said , security has been heightened throughout the capital , and will continue at elevated levels throughout the holiday . “All public areas will have additional police units deployed and nothing will be left to chance , as the city observes Remembrance Day and Independence Day , ” he said . Last October , the Armon Hanatziv / East Talpiot neighborhood made international headlines after two terrorists from Jebl Mukaber stormed an Egged bus and stabbed and shot four victims to death before being killed by police . To stymie the deadly violence between the Arab and Jewish communities , police temporarily set up a concrete wall and checkpoint around Jebl Mukaber , which was soon taken down amid protests by human rights groups . Near the scene of Tuesday ’s attack , a cross - section of residents expressed shock and indignation that the assailants preyed on women in their 80s . Meir Shahar , 67 , a longtime resident of Armon Hanatziv/ East Talpiot said young Arab residents from Jebl Mukaber have long intimidated and terrorized Jews living in his neighborhood , but said he was stunned that defenseless elderly women were stabbed in the back . “These are old women ! ” he said with clear revulsion . “ What did they do that they should be stabbed ? You fight with an army , you fight with grown men – you do n’t fight with old women ! ” Moreover , Shahar said many Arab residents from Jebl Mukaber work in menial jobs throughout the neighborhood or routinely visit the area , making daily interaction with Jewish residents unavoidable . “All the people from there come to the promenade , to our post office , to our supermarkets and to our hospitals – to every place there – and nobody says ‘ You are Arab , why are you coming here ? ’ ” he said . “The Jewish people in this area are with these people all the time , and it is known that a lot of the people who live there are connected with Hamas . They are not peaceful people , and the [ Jewish residents ] are afraid .
" Forces are now searching the area for the assailant , " the spokesperson said by phone on Friday afternoon . Threats Friday 's violence came just a day after a Palestinian teen was shot dead after entering the Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron and stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingto death Hallel Yafa Ariel , a 13-year - old Israeli girl . Within hours , Israeli forces blockaded Bani Naim , the assailant 's village near Hebron , activist Issa Amro told Al Jazeera on Thursday night . On Friday , the Middle East " Quartet " - the United States , Russia , the European Union and the United Nations - published a report calling on Israel to stop building settlements .
Relevant to your professional network ? Please share on Linkedin Tel Aviv police said the attacker began stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingpeople near the entrance to the Jaffa Port , wounding a number people to varying degrees . He then escaped on foot in the direction of Tel Aviv , running between vehicles stopped on the road and stabbing motorists . He managed to wound a number of other civilians before he was shot and subdued by police . ( Scene of Jaffa stabbing .
One of the survivors of the Egyptian hotel terror attack has spoken for the first time about the moment a jihadist tried to stabconflict.attack.stabbinghim in the chest with a knife and slashed him in the neck four times . Sammie Olovsson , 27 , from Sweden , told friends he was in a stable condition and recovering in hospital in Hurghada after he was repeatedly attacked by one of the jihadis . The two attackers , armed with a pellet gun and knives , targeted tourists at the outside restaurant of the Bella Vista Resort near the Red Sea .
But Texas is n’t where the presidential election will be won . Report : British gunman had ties to U.S.-based neo - Nazi group : “ The man detained by police in connection with the killing of a rising star of British politics had longstanding ties to a U.S.-based neo - Nazi organization and , in the past , had ordered a how - to guide for assembling a homemade gun , according to a watchdog group that tracks extremist behavior , ” the Washington Post writes . “ The revelation came as police on Friday continued to investigate the motive behind the killing of the British lawmaker , Jo Cox , who was stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingand shot midday Thursday in an attack that stunned the nation and led to a suspension of the European Union referendum campaign just a week before the vote . Cox had been a strong advocate of an inclusive and multicultural Britain amid a wave of hostility toward immigrants that is helping to fuel the anti - E.U. campaign . ” Folks , this is a big vote -- for Britain , Europe , and the United States .
RELATED : With Disasters Everywhere , It ’s Time to Take Foreign Policy Seriously Again In what mental universe other than the president ’s does being raised in Hawaii and Indonesia and spending adulthood rising through the academy and U.S. political institutions grant someone a deep ( or even superficial ! ) understanding of Zionism , of the Holocaust , of four wars for survival over 25 years , of unending terrorist violence directed toward civilians , of hijackings and kidnappings and bombings and stabbingsconflict.attack.stabbing, of SCUD attacks from Iraq , rockets from Lebanon and Gaza , incitement and de - legitimization campaigns from Tehran ? Conversely , what in President Obama ’s life story leads him to comprehend the Palestinians , addicted to enmity and resentment and violence , victims of institutional collapse and official corruption , awash and adrift in the worst movements of the last 100 years , from nationalism to socialism to pan - Arabism to Islamic fundamentalism ? Does Obama actually believe that buried in every disagreement with him is an assumption of his inferiority ?
He proposed banning all foreign Muslims from entering the United States until we “ figure out what is going on ” with terrorism . Or maybe just people from certain countries . After two events last weekend — a bombing in New York that involved a suspect who praised the Islamic State and stabbingsconflict.attack.stabbingin Minnesota for which the Islamic State has claimed credit — Trump has revived his tough talk on obliterating the terrorist group — vowing to “ utterly destroy ISIS . ” But for more than a year , Trump has declined to lay out a coherent strategy for doing so . Whenever pressed for specifics , Trump insists that he has a plan but says it must remain secret to avoid tipping off the enemy .
" May his memory be a blessing , " he said . Attack was near Biden visit The stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingattack occurred along a popular oceanfront boardwalk in southern Tel Aviv not far from where U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting . " In these moments , terror attacks are taking place in streets adjacent to us , " said former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres during a meeting with Biden at the Peres Center for Peace . Biden " condemned in the strongest possible terms the brutal attack " that took the life of one of his countrymen at the same time , and around the same area , that he was meeting with Peres .
Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said the PA leader would also travel to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel before flying to New York to attend meetings at the United Nations , but did not provide exact dates . “ France plays an important role in efforts to establish a fair , comprehensive and durable peace in accordance with international resolutions , ” Abu Rudeineh said . Israel in the midst of a wave of Palestinian stabbingconflict.attack.stabbing, car - ramming , and shooting attacks that has killed 29 Israelis and 3 foreign nationals since October of last year . At least 188 Palestinians have been killed during that time , most while carrying out knife , gun or car - ramming attacks , according to the Israeli authorities . Ahead of his two - week foreign tour , Abbas told AFP there was an “ urgent ” need for a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements , and accused the US of insufficient action on the issue .
Fawaz said that he returned to Oz and asked again to be present at his son ’s interrogation . He said he was made to wait another hour , until 10 p.m. , when officers allowed him to enter the room where his son ’s interrogation was underway . Fawaz said his son had handcuffs on his hands and feet and wept as police interrogators screamed at him , accusing him of trying to stabconflict.attack.stabbingsecurity forces . “ I could see marks on his face , ” Fawaz said . “ It was blue , and his neck had the mark of fingertips … it was red and blue .
The failure to abide by international norms and protections under Israeli law concerning child detainees is particularly worrying given the spike in the number of children arrested during the recent violence involving children . Since October , protests in the West Bank and Gaza have escalated , as has the use of live fire against demonstrators by Israeli forces . There has also been a wave of stabbingsconflict.attack.stabbingand attempted stabbings by Palestinians against Israeli civilians and security forces both in the West Bank and in Israel . As of February 29 , 2016 , 172 Palestinians and 24 Israelis had been killed , according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs . Of 21 Palestinians suspected of carrying out attacks and killed in 2016 , nine were children , according to the UN .
About five days before Harrouff allegedly launched a deadly knife attack on the random couple , he posted a video online in which he mused about bodybuilding and steroids . Daily Mail on Wednesday uncovered Harrouff 's YouTube channel containing several videotaped fitness tutorials , as well as impromptu karaoke performances by Harrouff . The rising sophomore studying exercise science is also accused of biting pieces of flesh off John Stevens ' face and stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingthe couple 's neighbor , 47-year - old Jeff Fisher , who tried to come to their rescue . An autopsy showed that Mishcon was beaten to death , while her husband died of multiple knife wounds and was partially cannibalized . The wife had also been stabbed , but those injuries were not fatal .
10 show all The Israeli – Palestinian conflict intensifies 1/10 Medics evacuate a wounded man from the scene of an attack in Jerusalem . A Palestinian rammed a vehicle into a bus stop then got out and started stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingpeople before he was shot dead AP 2/10 Israeli ZAKA emergency response members carry the body of an Israeli at the scene of a shooting attack in Jerusalem . A pair of Palestinian men boarded a bus in Jerusalem and began shooting and stabbing passengers , while another assailant rammed a car into a bus station before stabbing bystanders , in near - simultaneous attacks that escalated a month long wave of violence AP
The two attackers , armed with a pellet gun and knives , targeted tourists at the outside restaurant of the Bella Vista Resort near the Red Sea . Three tourists were injured while one jihadist was shot dead and the second attacker was wounded and captured alive by security forces . Sammie Olovsson said he was recovering in hospital in Hurghada after he was stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingfour times , suffering several wounds to his neck . He said he was ' lucky ' the attacker did n't sever any of his arteries of organs Sammie said that the knife only cut some muscles in his neck but no arteries or nerves , and confirmed that he would be able to leave the hospital today
An Australian politician has condemned “ opportunistic ” calls for a ban on Muslim immigration following the murder of a British woman at a hostel . Queensland ’s policing minister Bill Byrne called for calm after Smail Ayad allegedly stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingMia Ayliffe - Chung to death at the Shelley ’s Backpacker hostel in the small town of Home Hill on Tuesday evening . Local police confirmed he screamed “ Allahu Akbar ” - or “ God is greatest ” - when he was arrested . He has been charged with one count of murder , two of attempted murder and 12 counts of serious assault following the incident .
Luba Samri , also with Israeli police , told CNN that at least four people were stabbed near the Jaffa port and another three or more were stabbed as the attacker moved north on the boardwalk , a popular waterfront spot that has shops and restaurants . An American who lives in Tel Aviv told CNN that she was walking home from work when she saw people running toward her . " They were shouting , ' The terrorist , he 's stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingpeople , ' " said Emily Young , who is originally from Scarsdale , New York . Young went to help a victim who had been stabbed in the eye . She put something on the wound to stop the bleeding and tried to communicate , but the Russian tourist could n't speak Hebrew or English .
Although it is unclear if Rahami is connected to that bomb , his family did sue the city of Elizabeth in 2011 claiming harassment and religious discrimination related to their family restaurant , First American Fried Chicken . Rahami came to the attention of the FBI two years ago when his father suspected his son was involved in terrorism . Mohammad Rahami told reporters he contacted federal authorities after Ahmad stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingNasser , another one of his sons , and attacked another family member , which led to a criminal investigation . The FBI apparently performed a superficial examination of the case at the time . “ In August 2014 , the F.B.I.
( CNN ) A former U.S. Army officer who was part of a Vanderbilt University tour group was stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingto death in a terror attack that left 10 others wounded in an old section of Tel Aviv , officials said Tuesday . Taylor Force , a first - year student in the graduate school of management , was killed , Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced " This horrific act of violence has robbed our Vanderbilt family of a young hopeful life and all of the bright promise that he held for bettering our greater world , " Zeppos said .
The federal interior minister also said the man had twice attempted to take his life and had been in psychiatric treatment . [ Deutche Welle ] There has been a spate of violence in Germany recently including the mass shooting in Munich , a machete attack and a stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingon a train . Two of the four incidents , the train stabbing and the nightclub bombing were inspired by IS while the machete and nightclub attacks were carried out by Syrians - one a migrant . How does this play out for German Chancellor Angela Merkel , given her welcoming policy for Syrian refugees which has cost her support in Germany ?
Israel ’s inner security cabinet discussed blocking social networks in the Hebron area where the two deadly attacks took place last week , within the space of just over 24 hours . The violence was the most serious in a week that began with clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces at a contested Jerusalem shrine sacred to Muslims as the al - Aqsa mosque compound and to Jews as Temple Mount . There were also Palestinian stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingattacks , rocket fire at Israel by Gaza Strip militants and retaliatory Israeli airstrikes . Over the weekend , Israel locked down hundreds of thousands of people in Hebron and surrounding areas , the largest such action since it went after the killers of three Jewish youths in 2014 , according to the military . Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to withhold some of the taxes and fees it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority on the ground some of the money is transferred to families of attackers .
Kill them on the streets of Brunswick , Broadmeadows , Bankstown , and Bondi . Kill them at the MCG , the SCG , the Opera House , and even in their backyards , ” the article reads . “ Stabconflict.attack.stabbingthem , shoot them , poison them , and run them down with your vehicles . Kill them wherever you find them until the hollowness of their arrogance is filled with terror and they find themselves on their knees with their backs broken under the weight of regret for having waged a war against the believers , and by Allah ’s will , and then through your sacrifices , this Ummah will be victorious . ” It refers to Australia as “ a land cloaked in darkness and corrupted by kufr , fornication , and all forms of vice ” .
More Arabs than Jews – by a declining margin – optimistic about two - state solution Many Arab citizens or residents of Israel appear to be losing hope that a way can be found for Israel and an independent Palestinian state to coexist peacefully . In Pew Research Center polling , the percentage of Israeli Arabs who say a peaceful , two - state solution is possible has dropped by 24 points in just two years , from 74 % in 2013 to 50 % in the latest survey , which was conducted in late 2014 and early 2015 ( i.e. , even before the wave of stabbingsconflict.attack.stabbingand other violence in Israel and the West Bank in late 2015 ) . The new poll finds that about three - in - ten Israeli Arabs ( 30 % ) think a peaceful two - state solution is not possible , while 20 % say they do not know or do not take a position either way . As of the time of the survey , Israeli Jews were less optimistic than Israeli Arabs about the possibility of a two - state solution .
Relevant to your professional network ? Please share on Linkedin “ The two terrorists stabbed them in the back multiple times , both in the upper body , and fled the scene toward the adjacent neighborhood of Jebl Mukaber , ” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said shortly after the stabbingsconflict.attack.stabbing. “Police and emergency units rushed to the scene and gave immediate medical assistance before transferring both women to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in moderate condition . While a forensics team searched the area , police set up roadblocks to find the terrorists . ”Roughly one hour later , Rosenfeld said , Border Police officers arrested two suspects matching the description of the assailants , but after extensive questioning , both young men were released without charges . “Police are continuing to search for the terrorists involved in the attack and hope to make arrests soon , ” he said later in the day . Shortly after the attack , Shaare Zedek Medical Center spokeswoman Shoham Ruvio said both victims were in stable condition and expected to survive . “They are stable and conscious , ” said Ruvio . “ One , 86 years old , was stabbed in the back three times and is in the intensive care unit .
Absolutely . " Trump has staked out a staunchly pro - Israel position , vowing in March that " the days of treating Israel like a second - class citizen will end on day one " of his presidency . And just a day before his tweet about Clinton , Trump tweeted that he was " shocked by the heinous murder " of a 13-year - old Israeli - American Jew who was stabbedconflict.attack.stabbingto death by a Palestinian terrorist Thursday in her home in a West Bank settlement . His daughter Ivanka is also an observant Jew -- having converted to Judaism before her marriage to businessman Jared Kushner -- and Trump has three Jewish grandchildren . And on Thursday , he immediately rebuked a man at a campaign rally who criticized " Zionist Israel . "
Police then shot and killed the suspect . A Karl Gustav rifle was confiscated at the scene . ( Scene of stabbing attack in Petah Tikva . Credit : Alon Hachman)Shortly beforehand , one Israeli was moderately wounded in a suspected terror stabbingconflict.attack.stabbingin Petah Tikva . The assailant was also stabbed during the incident , after the haredi victim removed the knife from his neck and stabbed the assailant . The attacker was reported to have died . Magen David Adom paramedics provided initial treatment to the victim , a man thought to be around 35-years - old at the scene , before transferring him to Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus . Dana Somberg and Yasser Okbi / Maariv HaShavua contributed to this report