Indictment for attempted murder charges against terrorist Muhammad Risha, 20, of Tulkarm, who injured a woman in a stabbing attack on Memorial Day in the industrial area of ​​Kfar Saba

The Central District Attorney's Office on Monday indicted and remanded until trial ends at the District Court against Muhammad Risha, 20, of Tulkarm for attempted murder in a terrorist incident. The defendant committed a stabbing attack in Kfar Saba on April 28, in the midst of Memorial Day and near the memorial service for victims of hostilities.

Stabbing event in Kfar Saba // Photo: Shmuel Buchris

According to the indictment, filed by Attorney Hila Tzur, the defendant was a resident of Tulkarm and did not have a valid entry permit into Israel at the relevant date. Prior to April 28, and on an unknown date, the defendant's decision to murder an Israeli Jew was at his heart. The defendant decided to achieve this goal by carrying out a stabbing attack in the city at the heart of the State of Israel, on April 28, the date on which the Memorial Day for the victims of Israeli systems and the victims of hostilities, or near, revealed a decision in the heart of the accused To the act of terrorism.

In order to carry out the act of terror, at approximately 7:00 am, the defendant was fitted with a knife with a red handle and a blade about 15 cm long. Afterwards, the defendant left his home in Tulkarem and made his way into the territory of the State of Israel. The defendant on a metropolitan bus to reach Tel Aviv, and during the trip, the defendant changed his mind and decided to carry out the terrorist act in Kfar Saba.

At about 12:30, the defendant got off the bus, at the station located on Weizman Street in Kfar Saba and near the "G" mall. Near the station, the victim, born in 1958, arrived at the station. After a brief conversation, the defendant initiated to verify that the victim was indeed Israeli and Jewish, the defendant removed the knife, stormed her while raising her knife and stabbed her with numerous stabs in her body. The defendant continued to stab the injured person even after the knife's handle was broken and holding it tightly only to the blade of his knife.

In response, despite her injuries and the remainder of her forces, the victim escaped, swung her hands and cried out for help as she, with no choice, descended toward the road near the station, while the accused pursued her with the aim of completing the act of terrorism and causing her death. The defendant did not cease his actions, but after a law-abiding citizen, who came to the scene at that time and noticed what was happening, stopped his vehicle, pulled out his weapon and fired two shots at the accused. Other bystanders who noticed the incident alerted the security and rescue forces to the scene. Subsequently, MDA's victim was evacuated to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, analyzed and hospitalized. 

Photos: Horizon Folk, Uri Nagar

In the request for detention, Attorney Hila Zur wrote that "an arrest warrant has been instituted against the respondent .... Given the severity, nature and nature of the respondent's brutal acts and their execution on a nationalistic basis, there is reasonable grounds to fear that his release would jeopardize public safety. A serious matter lies in the fact that the respondent, staying illegally, did everything in his power to execute the act of terrorism and demonstrated extreme composure in his actions, planning the act of terrorism on all stages and details. His cold choice for his victim, who was chosen but because he was Jewish, his adherence to the continued act of terrorism, although he himself was sabotaged by the breaking of the knife's handle, all testify to the respondent's determination and danger. "