An American tourist was stabbed to death and at least nine other people were wounded by a Palestinian wielding a knife on a popular board walk in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, police said.
The attack came as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was in a meeting with former Israeli president Shimon Peres just a few miles away when the attack occurred. Mr. Biden landed in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to engage in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He is scheduled to spend two days there.
The attack took place in Jaffa port, a hot spot for tourists. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said four of the wounded suffered severe injuries, Reuters reported.
Police eventually caught up with the attacker and shot him dead.
“A terrorist, an illegal resident who came from somewhere in the Palestinian territories, came here to Jaffa and embarked on a run … along the boardwalk. On his way he indiscriminately stabbed people,” Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai told Army Radio.
The incident in Jaffa came in addition to three other attacks carried out by Palestinians on Tuesday, which saw at least a dozen Israelis injured and four Palestinians killed by police.
In Jerusalem, a Palestinian opened fire at Israeli police on a crowded street, wounding two officers before being shot dead.
Police also shot and killed a 50-year-old Palestinian woman who tried to stab Israeli police officers.
Another Palestinian stabbed an Israeli in a store in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva. The injured man and the store owner together overpowered the attacker and fought him off using the same knife. The attacker died of his wounds, a police spokesman said, Reuters reported.
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