Two people were wounded in a terror stabbing attack at a hotel in Kibbutz Tzuba near Jerusalem, Israel Police said on Friday.
A 50-year-old was critically injured in the attack, while the other, a 23-year-old, was moderately injured.
Magen David Adom (MDA) personnel administered first aid at the scene before evacuating the two to Hadassah-University Medical Center in Ein Karem.
The attacker, an Arab resident of the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, is an outside contractor who was hired as a dishwasher.
He was subdued and placed under arrest by an off-duty police officer visiting the hotel for a family event.
The Israel Police have arrested three additional suspects involved in the attack. Security forces later raided the attacker’s home in the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem.
Off-duty police officer subdues, arrests the suspect
"I was at a family event at the hotel when I noticed a crowd rushing out. I immediately realized something unusual was happening, so I shouted for people to stay calm and walk instead of running. I drew my gun, grabbed identification for myself, and ran toward the direction the crowd had fled from," the officer recalled of the attack.
"To minimize the risk to remaining civilians, I subdued the terrorist using only physical force, not gunfire. With the help of some others, we managed to pin him to the ground and put him in handcuffs."
"I noticed a person had been stabbed in the upper body and gave him first aid. It was then I saw that my cousin had also been stabbed."
Significant Border Police forces from the Mateh Yehuda station are operating at the scene.
TPS contributed to this report. This is a developing story.