American tourist killed, pregnant woman among wounded in latest terror attacks

By March 09 2016, 11:23 Latest News No Comments

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Yesterday, a 29-year-old American student was killed in a stabbing attack and ten others wounded, including a pregnant woman, as a terrorist stabbed passersby and motorists along the Tel Aviv beach promenade before being shot and killed by police.

The American tourist was identified as Taylor Force, a graduate student at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. His wife was seriously injured in the attack.

Earlier on Tuesday, two Israeli Border Police officers were wounded, one critically, when a terrorist on a motorcycle opened fire near Damascus Gate. The terrorist was shot and killed by police.

In a separate terror attack in Petah Tikva yesterday, one Israeli was stabbed and moderately wounded by a Palestinian terrorist. The victim removed the knife from his neck during the attack and killed his attacker with the same knife.

A stabbing attack was thwarted in the Old City of Jerusalem when a Palestinian woman approached Border Police officers, drew a knife from her back, and attempted to stab them. The would-be attacker was shot by police.

This morning, an Israeli was seriously wounded in Jerusalem when two terrorists carried out a car-ramming attack near a light rail stop by Damascus Gate. The terrorists were shot and killed by police.

Since September 2015, Israelis have been targeted in 320 terror attacks with 34 victims killed and 391 wounded. 122 Palestinian attackers have been killed in the act of terror, and an additional 134 terrorists arrested.

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