2011 Tel Aviv truck attack
2011 Tel Aviv truck attack | |
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Highway 461, Israel. The attack took place on the section of the road inside Tel Aviv. | |
Native name | פיגוע הדריסה בדרום תל אביב |
Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Date | 15 May 2011; 13 years ago (2011-05-15) (Nakba Day) 9:35 am |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack |
Weapon | Truck |
Deaths | 1 civilian |
Injured | 17 civilians |
Assailant | Aslam Ibrahim Isa |
Participant | 1 |
On the morning of 15 May 2011, a terrorist attack was carried out in Tel Aviv. A truck was deliberately rammed into cars and pedestrians at busy "Bar-Lev" street (Highway 461) in the south of the city, killing one man and injuring 17 others.[1] The truck driver was identified as Aslam Ibrahim Isa, a 22-year-old Arab-Israeli man from the city of Kfar Kassem. Immediately after the attack he was arrested and taken to questioning by police.
Around 9:35 am, beginning at "Mesubim" junction and for 2 kilometers (1.2 miles), Isa shouted "Allahu Akbar!" as he hit with his truck multiple cars, buses, traffic signs, security rails, and people.[2] Police said a total of 15 vehicles were hit during the attack. Aviv Morag, a 29-year-old man from Givatayim, was killed.[1] The ramming attack ended when the truck crashed into an empty bus near a school. Isa then left the truck and reportedly shouted and threw objects at people. He hit a young girl in the head with a traffic light.[3] He was arrested by police, and later sentenced to prison.
This was one of a small cluster of terrorist vehicle-ramming attacks in Israel in this period, including the 2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, the 2008 Jerusalem BMW attack and the 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Lappin, Yaakov (15 May 2011). "TA: 1 dead, 17 hurt in suspected truck terror attack". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ Lappin, Yaakov (16 May 2011). "Shouting 'Allahu Akbar,' truck driver leaves deadly trail in south Tel Aviv. 1 dead, 17 injured in carnage. Police suspect terror attack". Jerusalem Post. ProQuest 867465834.
- ^ Zitun, Yoaz (15 May 2011). "Suspected terror attack in TA; 1 dead". Ynetnews. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Lappin, Yaakov (29 August 2011). "Background: Ramming Terror Attacks in Recent Years". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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