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Moroccan Attacker Shot Dead by Off-Duty Policewoman After Tel Aviv Stabbing Injures Four

Jan 21, 2025, 07:44 PM

A stabbing attack occurred at multiple locations on Nahalat Binyamin Street in central Tel Aviv on January 21, 2025, injuring four people aged 24, 28, 24, and 59, with one in serious condition, according to medical sources. The assailant, identified as 29-year-old Moroccan national Abdelaziz Kaddi, was shot dead at the scene by an off-duty female police officer. Kaddi, who held a U.S. permanent resident card, entered Israel on a tourist visa on January 18, 2025. Authorities are treating the incident as a terrorist attack and are investigating whether he had any accomplices.