Woman dead and several injured in attacks The

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Israel/Palestine conflict  

 

Several injured in attacks near Tel Aviv 

 

Josefine Karlsson , 

 

Nivette Dawod  

 

Updated 15.25 | Published 13.24 

Photo: Nir Keidar / Reuters  

A woman was killed and several people were injured in three attacks in the city of Ra'anana near Tel Aviv in Israel.  

 

Two suspected perpetrators have been arrested. 

 

- This was a very serious terrorist attack, says police commander Avi Bitton, according to the Times of Israel.  

 

Several attacks took place in a short time just after lunch in the city of Ra'anana near Tel Aviv on Monday.  

 

Two people, according to the police Palestinians from the Vest Bank, are suspected of having run over people with cars in three different places.  

 

The men must have stolen the cars from the scene.  

 

There are also reports of people being stabbed.  

 

Woman died  

 

The Times of Israel writes that a woman in her 70s died from her injuries, and that 17 people were injured.  

Among the injured are children who are being treated in hospital. 

 

The two suspected perpetrators were arrested shortly after the events.  

 

According to police commander Avi Britton, they are both related, with a home address in Hebron in the West Bank. They had both worked in Ra'anana until recently. 

 

"Serious terrorist attack"  

 

The men were questioned on Monday afternoon.  

 

- This was a very serious terrorist attack, said Avi Bitton, according to the newspaper.  

 

The police do not rule out that more people may be suspected of the attacks.