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[QUOTE]Palestinian man from West Bank city of Nablus runs over Israel Border Police with stolen taxi and stabs others outside nightclub hosting major event with more than 2,000 attendees.
Seven people were wounded in south Tel Aviv early Monday when a Palestinian man from the West Bank city of Nablus ran over policemen with a stolen taxi, exited the vehicle and stabbed additional people. The perpetrator was also lightly wounded as police struggled to arrest him.
Tel Aviv District Commander Aharon Eksol said the attack was "definitely an act of terror".
The attack took place shortly after 1:30 A.M. outside the Haoman 17 club on the corner of Salame and Abarbanel streets in south Tel Aviv. At the time of the attack more than 2,000 people were partying at a major event inside the nightclub. Israel Border Police had been deployed on high alert to secure the event.
One of the wounded people is in critical condition, two are moderately wounded and the rest are lightly wounded. The wounded were taken to Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital and Wolfson Medical Center, Holon.
Police arrested the perpetrator at the scene and are currently conducting investigations.
The suspect had entered the taxi in Yaffo and requested of the driver to take him to the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. Upon arrival, he lightly wounded the taxi driver by stabbing him in the hand and forced him out of the vehicle. He then drove to Salame Street near the Haoman 17 club, where he carried out the attack.
The suspect drove into a barrier that was set up by police in the streets surrounding the nightclub as part of routine security. Israel Border Police, who were securing the nightclub's event, went to assist the suspect – who they thought was a drunk driver – and were surprised when he drew a knife and stabbed a number of them.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the suspect, aged in his 20's, shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), as he struggled with police. The perpetrator was slightly injured by police as they attempted to arrest him, and was taken to Wolfson Medical Center, Holon.
Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino said investigations – currently underway – are revealing that the attack was premeditated.
"The terrorist is currently being interrogated and we are discovering that he planned the act in advance," said Danino.
Danino added, "Tonight's event gives us additional proof that that terrorists are still motivated to carry out attacks. There was a big event being celebrated tonight with many partygoers. The Israel Border Police deployment was exceptional and prevented a great tragedy. The terrorist attack ended with a relatively light outcome."
Danino also said "the police will continue to be on high alert."
Benny Shai, one of the club's employees who was outside the club at the time of the attack said, "We saw the taxi run into the barrier and we ran to help. We thought it was an accident." He added that the event taking place in the nightclub "was a big party and I don't want to know what would have happened if the terrorist had managed to enter or even get close to the entrance of the club and carry out his attack there."
Israel last sustained a terror attack earlier this month when nine people were killed in a series of coordinated gun and missile strikes in the south.
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I'm in South Tel Aviv just a few miles from where that happened. Pretty scary.
and on gilad shalit's birthday too, tisk tisk
I would donate all of my hearts to the injured. Shows the general intelligence of the people carrying out the attacks when the most intuitive plot they can come up with is "grab knife, stab anyone within reach."
Oh no, a man from an ethnic group we're trying to oppress is pissed off and stabbing people. He's not just a pissed off murderer, he's a TERRORIST!
edit: I think I'm just going to start calling all criminals terrorists now
edit: politically motivated* criminals
[QUOTE=Guardian-Angel;31998886]Oh no, a man from an ethnic group we're trying to oppress is pissed off and stabbing people. He's not just a pissed off murderer, he's a TERRORIST!
edit: I think I'm just going to start calling all criminals terrorists now
edit: politically motivated* criminals[/QUOTE]
It does seem a bit extreme to call this a terror attack. A horrible crime? Yes. Terrorism? I'm not too sure.
I wouldn't really call it a terrorist attack either. Just seems like a pissed off Palestinian that went postal.
Yeah that shouldn't be classified as terrorism. It's pretty hypocritical to classify a settler knifing and opening fire on a Palestinian funeral procession as a crime yet label this as terrorism.
[url]http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-21/world/mideast.violence_1_three-palestinians-settler-al-ahli-hospital?_s=PM:WORLD[/url]
[url]http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8503955-israeli-settlers-stab-a-palestinian-in-ramallah[/url]
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7451691.stm[/url]
agree with starpluck![img]http://plugin.name/7/4WEFu[/img]
[QUOTE=Starpluck;32000223]Yeah that shouldn't be classified as terrorism. It's pretty hypocritical to classify a settler knifing and opening fire on a Palestinian funeral procession as a crime yet label this as terrorism.
[url]http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-21/world/mideast.violence_1_three-palestinians-settler-al-ahli-hospital?_s=PM:WORLD[/url]
[url]http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8503955-israeli-settlers-stab-a-palestinian-in-ramallah[/url]
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7451691.stm[/url][/QUOTE]
uncontainable amounts of awesome detected in this post
When I saw this title I thought something completely different
I was just on a cruise with a kid from Tel Aviv. He said it wasn't a bad place, that it was normally safe. Welp.
[QUOTE=Guardian-Angel;31998886]Oh no, a man from an ethnic group we're trying to oppress is pissed off and stabbing people. He's not just a pissed off murderer, he's a TERRORIST!
edit: I think I'm just going to start calling all criminals terrorists now
edit: politically motivated* criminals[/QUOTE]
What..?
[QUOTE=Starpluck;32000223]Yeah that shouldn't be classified as terrorism. It's pretty hypocritical to classify a settler knifing and opening fire on a Palestinian funeral procession as a crime yet label this as terrorism.
[url]http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-21/world/mideast.violence_1_three-palestinians-settler-al-ahli-hospital?_s=PM:WORLD[/url]
[url]http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8503955-israeli-settlers-stab-a-palestinian-in-ramallah[/url]
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7451691.stm[/url][/QUOTE]
He premeditated and carried out an indiscriminate attack on Israeli civilians (excluding the policeman). What was his motive then?
Terrorism, the settlers do the same shit although the media doesn't portray them as such.
[QUOTE=TParlour;32005150]He premeditated and carried out an indiscriminate attack on Israeli civilians (excluding the policeman). [B]What was his motive then?[/B]
Terrorism, the settlers do the same shit although the media doesn't portray them as such.[/QUOTE]
Not really much to go on here to call it terrorism. By your standard columbine was a terrorist attack, people do snap and start killing people.
[QUOTE=RAG Frag;32005255]Not really much to go on here to call it terrorism. By your standard columbine was a terrorist attack, people do snap and start killing people.[/QUOTE]
He went on to kill Israelis, any Israelis. I would agree what he done was most likely emotionally driven as well, but I think it's impossible to deny he had a motive linked to his socio-political environment. It wouldn't be a far stretch to say he wanted to punish Israelis (any) for the occupation.
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I'm in South Tel Aviv just a few miles from where that happened. Pretty scary.[/QUOTE]
Your profile says you are from the United States of America though.
Pretty harsh to call it terrorism, terrorism for me is someone planing to kill people with high powered weaponry, bombs or any other major way.
Being pissed and stab certain people feel more like some crazy racist rampage.
[QUOTE=Fangz;32006847]Your profile says you are from the United States of America though.[/QUOTE]
I don't know why it shows I'm from the US...
It says you're in Israel now, theres a glitch that says all OP's are from the USA.
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