Israeli police say one killed in bus station knife attack

Several others were hurt in the rare attack by a member of Israel's Druze community, in Haifa.

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It happened at the HaMifratz Central train and bus station, and the attacker was shot dead at the scene by security guards, police said.

The victim who died was aged around 70, the Magen David Adom ambulance service said. A 15-year-old boy and a man and a woman in their 30s were in a serious condition, while a 70-year-old woman was moderate hurt, it added.

The police said the attacker was an Israeli Druze man from the town of Shfaram who had recently returned from abroad. Such an attack by a member of Israel's Druze community is rare.

The Druze are an ethnic and religious group whose faith is an offshoot of Shia Islam. About 150,000 live in Israel and the occupied Golan Heights, comprising about 1.5% of the population.

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