A stabbing attack left one person dead and four others wounded in Haifa, Israel, on Monday.
Police said they were treating the stabbing, which took place in a central transit hub, as a militant attack. A security guard and a civilian killed the attacker, who police said was an Arab citizen of Israel who had recently returned to Israel after some time abroad.
“My wife Sara and I extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim of the horrific terrorist attack in Haifa, and we send our wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
“We will continue to fight those who seek to harm us – wherever they are – and we will defeat them,” he added.
Israeli security forces secure the scene of a stabbing attack in Haifa, Israel, on Monday, March 3,, where a 70-year-old man was killed and four others were injured. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
The victim who died in the attack – who was stabbed in the back multiple times, according to the Times of Israel – was 70-years-old.
Members of Israeli security and emergency services deploy at the site of a stabbing attack at a central bus station in Haifa on March 3. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
A 15-year-old boy was also wounded, but he is now in stable condition after undergoing surgery at a local hospital, the Times of Israel reported, citing a doctor.
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas praised the attack in Haifa but did not claim responsibility for it, according to Reuters.
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Haifa is a city in northern Israel, located near the country’s border with Lebanon.
Fox News’ Yael Rotem-Kuriel and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
