Lubavitcher Stabbed in Jerusalem

By COLlive reporter

A 36-year-old Lubavitcher chossid was severely wounded in a suspected terror stabbing at a gas station outside the West Bank city of Givat Ze’ev, north of Jerusalem, on Wednesday night.

The man was treated by medical teams that arrived at the scene and was later rushed to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem for further treatment, Times of Israel reported.

“He was fully conscious and suffering from multiple stab wounds to the upper body,” Magen David Adom paramedic Dudi Gur told the Times.

“We put him in the intensive care ambulance and on the way to the hospital we treated him, including stopping the bleeding and giving him fluids. He was in moderate to severe condition.”

Witnesses at the scene said the suspected attacker attempted to flee the area, but was caught by civilians who alerted security personnel. According to police, the Palestinian terror suspect was subdued and arrested by security forces.

A picture of the stabber’s ID posted to Twitter identified him as Abada Abu Ras, 17, from the nearby Palestinian town of Bir Nabala, Times of Israel added.

Nati Ostri, a volunteer for the Hatzalah rescue service who treated the victim, said police arrived in force immediately after the attack and prevented the stabber from attacking others.

The Lubavitcher man, a father, underwent surgery. “Baruch Hashem, they stopped the bleeding. He is now in the ICU and is sedated by a respirator,” a family member said.

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