Last 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 .
She supplied cops with a description of what he was wearing Mina said Austin ( right ) was sporting a red ' Make America Great Again ' hat ( file above left ) when he left the restaurant they were having dinner at before he allegedly went on a random killing attack The 19-year - old college student is accused of stabbingconflict.attack.nato death Michelle Mishcon , 53 , and her husband , John Stevens III , 59 ( pictured together ) before reportedly biting pieces of flesh off of the man 's face 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 .
" 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 .
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
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 .
A Palestinian rammed a vehicle into a bus stop then got out and started stabbing people 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 stabbingconflict.attack.napassengers , 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 3/10 Getty Images 4/10 Palestinians throw molotov cocktail during clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah , West Bank .
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 .
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 .
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 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 .
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 .
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 .
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
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.navictims 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 .
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
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 .
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 ?
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 .
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 ?
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 .
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 .
" 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 .
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 .