8:36AM IL: A search is underway for another Arab. According to statements from people who witnessed the attack in Modi’in Illit, there were two terrorists, not one as was first believed.
8:47AM IL: A total of four people were injured in the Monday morning terror attack in the Achuzat Brachfeld area of Modi’in Illit, two seriously, one moderately and the fourth lightly.
8:53AM IL: Police are not ruling out the possibility that two Arabs were involved and they operated in different locations simultaneously. Police are still searching for one terrorist believed at large in the area.
9:01AM IL: Police report the attacked in Modi’in Illit is an air conditioning technician who worked in the chareidi community. He used a screwdriver to attack his victims. A second attacker is believed still at large.
One victim is reported in serious condition at this time. The others appear in moderate and light condition according to the latest report.
9:06AM IL: UNCONFIRMED: According to a Chadrei Chadarim report, the Vishnitz Rosh Yeshiva in Modi’in Illit was seriously wounded in the stabbing attack. The tzibur is requested to daven for Gavriel Yosef Avraham Aaron ben Yuta.
9:11AM IL: It now appears there are a total of five victims in the stabbing attack, two in serious condition and the others moderate and light condition. One terrorist, who was shot, is en route to a hospital in serious condition. A manhunt for a second attacker continues.
The preliminary police theory that two attackers operated independent of one another seems correct at this time.
9:25AM IL: Hatzolah volunteer Yehuda Herzig who was at the scene explains: All the victims were transported from the scene. Two are in moderate or more serious condition. The victims are important personalities in the chareidi world. The shul where the attack occurred is in the heart of the city near a building site.
The terrorist worked on the building site and also attacked his employer who is in serious condition. One very important rav is among the wounded. The attacker fled the scene with a foreman. They picked up someone on the way. The person they picked up is a member of the first response unit of the community, who immediately realized the person in the car is the terrorist who they are looking for. The incident ended with gunfire and the terrorist was seriously wounded.
(Yechiel Spira â€" YWN Israel)
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