Knifeman stabs nine people on a bus in Tel Aviv before being shot by passing prison officer in latest ‘terror attack’ to hit Israel

‘A Palestinian man has stabbed nine people, wounding some of them seriously, on a bus in central Tel Aviv before he was chased down, shot and arrested by a passing prison officer.

Israeli police described the assault as a ‘terror attack’ while the Islamic militant Hamas group praised the stabbing.

It is the latest in a spate of attacks in which Palestinians have used knives, acid and vehicles as weapons in recent months, leaving many dead and injured.’

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