Six people were injured today when a Palestinian opened fire and then attacked with a knife in transit market Petah Tikva, Tel Aviv, Israeli police said.
The perpetrator of the attack, aged 19 years, originating in the occupied West Bank, was arrested, according to police, who talks about a "terrorist" action.
The victims suffered injuries characterized slight or moderate, according to the same source.
The offender overpowered bystanders before police officers detain, explained the Israeli authorities.
Some victims bearing gunshot wounds and at least one knife, while another was beating, Israeli police said.
According to the emergency service United Chatsala ( "Rescue"), one of the injured was beaten by bystanders who thought that the perpetrator. "I'm not a terrorist, pursue the terrorists," cried the wounded, according to Chatsala, also said that it provided care to people suffered shock.
From October 1, 2015, the wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories have killed over 250 Palestinians, 41 Israelis, two Americans, a Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese, according to a report by the French Agency.
The Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that "trying to understand how they arrived in the region," the young man, who was armed with an automatic rifle.