A vehicle rammed into pedestrians in northern Israel on Thursday in what police described as a ‘suspected terror attack’, with eight people said to have been injured.
‘There is suspicion that this is a terror attack. Police forces successfully intercepted a suspicious vehicle, apprehending a suspect suspected to be responsible for the ramming’ at the Karkur junction south of the city of Haifa, police said in a statement.
An Israel Police spokesperson added that ‘according to initial details, the person arrested by the officers is the one who carried out the attack.’
‘The terrorist ran over several people at a bus station, then proceeded to stab others and crashed into a police vehicle.’