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1989 Purim stabbing attack

Palestinian attack against civilians in Tel Aviv, Israel

Field	Value
title	1989 Purim stabbing attack
native_name	פיגוע הדקירה בחגיגות פורים בתל אביב
location	Tel Aviv, Israel
date
native_name_lang	he
type	Stabbing attack
fatalities	2 Israeli civilians
injuries	1 Israeli civilian
assailant	Muhammad Zakut
numpart	1
weapons	Knife

| time-begin = | time-end = The 1989 Purim stabbing attack was the random stabbing of Israeli civilians in Tel Aviv, Israel on the Jewish holiday of Purim on 21 March 1989. The attacker was an Arab construction worker. Two civilians were murdered and one severely injured in the attack.

Attack

Muhammad Zakut stabbed three Israeli with a commando knife as he shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great). One of the victims, Kurt Moshe Schallinger, 73, was killed as he left his car on a Tel Aviv street full of children in costume, celebrating the holiday of Purim. During his interrogation, Zakut said his goal was to "stab in the neck the first Israeli his eyes fell on." He murdered two Israelis and severely injured a third in the back of his head and his spinal cord before being caught. One of the victims was an elderly scientist on his way home from delivering mishloah manot. The other was the head of the Environment Association in Tel Aviv.

Assailant

Prior to the attack, the assailant, Muhammad Zakut, was a construction worker and later in a laundromat in Tel Aviv.

Zakut received a life sentence, but on 18 October 2011 he was released to Gaza as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.

References

[https://apnews.com/73d45416077d58f5fa088766abbcf8ee Palestinian kills Jew in Tel Aviv]
"The Gilad Shalit deal: A Palestinian daughter's long wait for her father's return".
[https://www.baltimoresun.com/1998/12/16/israelis-angry-as-clinton-equates-mideast-victims-prisoners-children-likened-to-those-of-targets-of-terrorism/ Israelis angry as Clinton equates Mideast victims prisoners' children likened to those of targets of terrorism], The Baltimore Sun
[http://www.shabas.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/09ED13AD-30EB-4F28-8FEA-7A9EDB0F9119/0/listeng1.xls List Of Security Prisoners Released]

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