One killed, several injured in Tel Aviv attack

An Italian tourist has been killed and several other people wounded after a car rammed into a crowd at a popular seaside park in Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial hub.

Israeli police said a white car swerved off the road towards a pedestrian and bike path before flipping over, and they shot the driver after he reached for a weapon.The exact nature of the attack was not immediately clear but Israel’s foreign ministry referred to the incident as a “terror attack”, a term Israeli officials use for assaults by Palestinians.

An Israeli security source identified the suspect as an Israeli Arab from Kafr Qassem, near the border with the West Bank. He had no previous criminal record.

Israel’s rescue service said a 30-year-old man was killed. He was later identified as an Italian tourist. At least five other Italian and British citizens, including a 17-year-old teenager, were injured in the car attack, according to Israeli authorities.

Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said other Italians had been caught up in the attack.