Suspected assailant in Israel mall stabbing shot dead

Israeli police said they "neutralised" a suspected assailant who stabbed and wounded two men in a shopping centre in the country's north.

The police in a statement said they were treating the incident in the town of Karmiel as "a suspected terror attack," a term often used by Israeli authorities to refer to attacks by Palestinians. 

Paramedics said they rushed the two victims to hospital, one in critical condition and the other in serious condition.

No details were immediately given of the assailant's identity.

Reporting by AFP and MEE