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American tourist killed in Tel Aviv stabbing attack

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Israeli policeman frisks a Palestinian after a stabbing attack in Jerusalem Tuesday, March 8, 2016. According to the police, a Palestinian woman in her 50s tried to stab Israeli security forces member in Jerusalem’s Old City before being shot dead. Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo

Israeli police say a man killed by a Palestinian attacker in a stabbing spree in the port city of Jaffa was an American tourist.

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Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the man was killed Tuesday when a Palestinian stabbed seven people in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Jaffa next to Tel Aviv. No other details on the victim's identity were immediately available.

The attack was just one in multiple Palestinian stabbing and shooting attacks that came as Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on a two-day visit as part of a regional tour of the Mideast.

Four Palestinian attackers were shot and killed in the day's rash of violence that wounded a dozen Israelis. It was the latest bloodshed in a five-month wave of near-daily Palestinian attacks on civilians and security forces.

Read the original article on Associated Press. Copyright 2016. Follow Associated Press on Twitter.
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