Palestinian kills 2 Israelis, wounds 4

Assailant shot dead, condition of 4 injured critical

APalestinian killed two Israelis and wounded four others in an attack in a West Bank colony yesterday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said.

The Magen David Adom paramedic service confirmed the two were killed in Ariel. The four wounded were hospitalised in serious condition.

The Israeli military said the Palestinian attacked Israelis at the entrance to the colony’s industrial zone, then proceeded to a nearby gas station and stabbed more people there. Initial reports by Israeli news outlets said the attacker was trying to flee the scene and drove a car onto the adjacent highway, collided with oncoming traffic, then fled the vehicle.

Amateur video aired on Israeli television appeared to show the suspected attacker running down a highway and collapsing to the ground after he was shot. The Palestinian Health Ministry later confirmed a Palestinian man was killed.

There was no immediate word on his motive for the stabbing and no militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.