The mentally disturbed man who was shot by the police, was documented chasing the policeman and trying to stab him with a knife, the policeman fought him while he was in real danger of death • The police took control of the assailant, who was shot and evacuated in critical condition to the hospital - where he was pronounced dead.
Dramatic incident in Haifa: A 33-year-old man who is mentally disturbed raged today (Monday) on the streets of Haifa, and when the police tried to arrest him, he tried to stab them, and they shot him in response.
He was fatally wounded and his death was determined at the hospital.
Documentation of the fight that preceded the shooting in Haifa: The civilian pulls out a knife and tries to stab the policeman
According to the documentation, the mentally aroused man is seen chasing the policeman through the streets of the northern city, and tries to stab him with a knife, while the policeman fights him and tries to prevent his injury.
According to the scene of the incident, it appears that the policeman was indeed in real danger of death when he was attacked.
The police said that an initial investigation revealed that the police arrived at the scene following a report of a man raging on a street in Haifa.
Police officers who arrived at the scene identified the suspect and tried to arrest him, and after the suspect tried to stab them they shot at him and neutralized him.
Police also said that a police officer was lightly injured in the incident.
Residents and witnesses to the case told "Israel Today" that after the police tried to neutralize the man, he attacked them and managed to hit one of them who was lightly injured, and they fired more massive shots at him in order to neutralize him.
As a result, he was shot and severely injured in the upper body.
MDA paramedics, who were called to the scene, performed resuscitation operations on him, while evacuating him to Rambam Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Residents of the neighborhood are furious at the conduct of the police, and they say there was no reason to kill him.
"Although he went on a rampage with a knife and even wounded a policeman, with a little skill he could be neutralized by firing at his feet."
Eyewitnesses added that officers were panicking and hysterical, "they completely lost control of the incident and started firing massively."
DIP opened an investigation, and investigators arrived at the scene to investigate the circumstances of the incident.