Israel – Revenge Attacks: Four Injured In Dimona Stabbings By Jew

Israel – Four Arabs were stabbed in a town in southern Israel on Friday and a Jewish suspect was arrested, police said. The attacks follow a surge in knife violence by Palestinians against Israelis.

The stabbings took place in the town of Dimona and were all were believed to have been carried out by the same suspect, police said.

“As of now there are four stabbings,” spokeswoman Luba Samri said, adding that the motive appeared to be “nationalistic”.

The first man stabbed was a municipal worker who was moderately wounded by the assailant. Another Arab was stabbed near a school, she said.

Details of the other two stabbings and the condition of the victims were not immediately clear.

The mayor of Dimona, Benny Biton, told Israel Radio the suspect was a resident of the town who was “known to police”. men as well. Initial findings revealed that the assailant is a 17-year-old Dimona resident. He said his belief that “all Arabs are terrorists” was his motive for stabbing the four victims.

The man is still undergoing questioning, and police suspect the stabbings may have been a “revenge attack” for a series of recent stabbings of Jews by Palestinian attackers across Israel.