A 67-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a Bank Mizrahi employee on Salma Street in Tel Aviv, Israel Police announced on Wednesday morning.
Police responded to the scene immediately, arresting the man and seizing the knife used to attack the employee.
The employee, a 45-year-old woman, was evacuated in moderate condition to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon by Magen David Adom.
Police said the incident is criminal in nature, and they transferred the suspect for further investigation.
United Hatzalah paramedic Noa Ben Tal, who arrived first at the scene, said that they had been informed at the scene that she was injured as a result of violence.”
“We provided her with initial medical assistance, and then she was evacuated to receive further treatment at Wolfson Hospital.”
Man stabbed in Beit Shemesh
Later on Wednesday, first responders treated a 55-year-old man who was stabbed on Yitzhak Rabin Street in Beit Shemesh.
Magen David Adom evacuated the man in moderate condition to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
“When we arrived at the scene, we were directed towards a man in his 60s who was suffering from penetrating injuries to his abdomen and hand after being injured in a violent incident,” said United Hatzalah volunteers Yossi Bernfeld, Shimon Dinin and Avromy Wiesel. “Together with other MDA medics and paramedics, we provided him with initial medical assistance, including stopping the bleeding and applying bandages.”
“He was evacuated by MDA intensive care vehicles in moderate condition for further treatment in the trauma room at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.”
