Armed Arab assailant rams car into Israeli police, shot dead

By MAHMOUD ILEAN
Associated Press

KFAR QASSEM, Israel (AP) — Israeli police have killed an Arab assailant who rammed into them with his car after attempting to shoot an officer in central Israel on Friday, leaving three policemen wounded. The incident took place Friday in the Arab Israeli town of Kfar Qassem, an unusual site for what police suspected was a militant attack. The Arab community in Israel is also struggling with surging violent crime that residents blame on decades of government neglect. Security camera footage from the scene showed a man rushing out of his apartment toward police with a gun drawn, trying but failing to shoot. He then sped in reverse toward officers in a suspected car-ramming. Medics said police killed the suspect.