Suspected shooting attack in Haifa causes casualties: Israeli police
Israeli police say they are on their way to Haifa’s central bus station, where a suspected shooting attack has caused casualties.
Israel’s Arutz Sheva reports that five people have been injured in the attack, which it said included gunshots and stabbings. One of those injured is in critical condition, it said, citing Israel’s national ambulance service.
Israeli police say Haifa attacker ‘neutralised’
The Israeli police say they have arrived at Haifa’s central bus station, where an attack injured at least five people.
They said the attacker has been “neutralised”. Police say they are “handling the incident”, which they now describe as a stabbing attack, “to fully eliminate any further concern”.
Man killed in Haifa attack
A 70-year-old man, who was injured in the stabbing attack, has now died, reports Israel’s national ambulance service. Medics are treating four more wounded people, including three in “serious condition”. They include a 15-year-old boy, as well as a man and a woman in their 30s.
Search for Haifa attacker’s accomplices under way
Israeli police say that while one suspect in the Haifa stabbing attack has been killed, they are still looking for potential accomplices.
“The incident has not concluded,” Israel’s Arutz Sheva quoted police spokesperson Ariyeh Doron as saying. “Large amounts of police and security forces are operating in the area … After completing the search, we will declare the end of the incident.”
Israel’s Lapid slams government after Haifa attack
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused the government of a “fundamental leadership failure” after the deadly attack in Haifa.
“Another attack that illustrates the deep failure of the far-right government in full,” Lapid wrote in a post on X. “This is a government that does not protect the security of its citizens because it is busy with political survival instead of managing the country.”
The former prime minister added: “Under this government, human lives have become expendable – in attacks, captivity, and combat.”
Haifa attacker was Israeli Druze, police say
Israeli police say the Haifa attacker was Israeli Druze, a resident of Shfaram and had returned to Israel last week.
The Druze are an ethnoreligious minority that largely identifies as Arab and is Arabic-speaking. The Druze religion grew out of Ismaili Shia Islam in the 11th century but has evolved to include aspects of other religions, including Hinduism, as well as ancient philosophies.
The faith believes in reincarnation while recognising traditional figures in Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
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