Israel Police identified the suspect shot Wednesday morning while attempting to stab Border Police officers in Lod as Sami Ahmad Ja'asus, 28, a resident of the city with a known prior record for weapons offenses, according to official reporting.
Israel Police have identified the suspect shot and neutralized earlier this morning in Lod as Sami Ahmad Ja'asus, 28, a resident of the city. Police say he was known to them from prior weapons-possession offenses, for which he was previously imprisoned and investigated. The identification marks the latest update in a rapid sequence of reports since the attack unfolded around 10:20 a.m. Jerusalem time.
At approximately 10:50 a.m., Ja'asus charged at Border Police (Yasam) officers with a knife. Officers shot him, neutralizing the threat; no Israeli personnel were injured. The first reports, published by The Zioneer at 10:20 a.m., described the incident as a terror attack and initially suggested the assailant was a non-resident Arab. By 10:20 a.m., a second update corrected that the assailant was an Israeli Arab, not an infiltrator, and identified him as a Lod resident with prior weapons offenses. The current update at 10:58 a.m. provides his full name and age, confirming earlier partial identification.
Lod is a mixed Jewish-Arab city that has experienced sporadic security incidents, though no broader operational context for this specific attack has been released. The Zioneer reported on Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. that the suspect had a criminal record for weapons crimes, including prior imprisonment and investigation.
The investigation remains ongoing. No further details about the motive or any potential connections have been disclosed.
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