2023 Tel Aviv car-ramming | |
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Location | Charles Clore Park, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Date | 7 April 2023 |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack (suspected) |
Deaths | 2 (including the driver) |
Injured | 6 |
On 7 April 2023, a car-ramming incident suspected to be an intentional attack occurred off Kaufmann Street in Tel Aviv, Israel, killed a person and injured six others. [1]
The suspected car-ramming attack took place near Kaufmann Street. The driver's car veered onto an occupied sidewalk and continued for 150 meters before skidding and overturning on a lawn of the Charles Clore Park. [2] [3]
The car struck seven people, killing Alessandro Parini, a 35-year-old lawyer visiting from Rome, [1] [4] and injuring two other Italians and four British citizens. [1] The driver was then fatally shot by a police officer. [1] [5]
The police are investigating whether this was a terror attack, while the Shin Bet security service are also involved in the investigation. [3]
The driver was Yusef Abu Jaber, a 45-year-old Arab Israeli from Kafr Qassem and janitor at a local school. [1] [5] His brother said it was a car accident, not an attack, and that the family intends to ask for an investigation. [6] [7]
The President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella harshly condemned what he called a terrorist attack carried out against Italian citizens. The President of Israel Isaac Herzog expressed his condolences to the President of the Italian Republic. [5]