Tel Aviv Woman Says She Was Attacked in Broad Daylight, and Another Possible Victim Emerged

A Tel Aviv resident identified only as A. says she was assaulted on Thursday morning while walking to work by a stranger who knocked her to the ground in broad daylight. She told N12 the attack was sudden and violent, saying, "In a split second he put me on the ground with a hard hit to the shoulder." She remained on the pavement in shock until a coworker came to help, while the assailant kept walking away.

A. said she could not remember much because she was in complete shock. "I don't remember anything. I was mainly in total shock, and so was the person who helped me," she said, adding, "You can see in the second video that the guy is not very sane."

After the incident, friends helped her find security cameras in the area that recorded the assault. The footage was then posted in a neighborhood Facebook group in an attempt to identify the suspect, and residents reportedly responded with information that helped identify him. A. later filed a police complaint and handed over the material collected.

Police said they opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the event and the suspect's identity. A. also said that after the videos were shared online, people contacted her with claims of another similar assault on a different woman in the area. According to what was passed on to her, that woman was also attacked by the same man and plans to file a police complaint.