Israeli police said a suspected ramming attack on Thursday injured at least nine people, including a 17-year-old girl who was critically wounded, Fox News has reported.
The incident happened at a bus station in Karkur Junction on Route 65 in northern Israel. The driver was also hurt and then “neutralized” at the scene, though police have not elaborated.
All of those wounded were evacuated to a nearby hospital. Of the nine victims, another two were “severely wounded,” while six were “lightly” wounded, Fox News is told.
An Israeli police spokesperson said in a statement obtained by Fox News identified the driver as a 53-year-old Palestinian from the Jenin area who was “in Israel unlawfully and married to an Israeli citizen.”
“Preliminary findings indicate that he deliberately targeted civilians waiting at a bus stop,” the statement said. “The terrorist has been neutralized. This remains an active investigation.”
The police commissioner is conducting “an on-site situational assessment” in the wake of the incident, the statement added.
Graphic images show a man’s body in the street next to the vehicle used in the incident and members of the Israeli security forces nearby in a cordoned-off area.
There is a heavy police presence