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Police prevented a huge catastrophe by stopping a Palestinian Authority terrorist who wounded eight people at a Tel Aviv nightclub patronized by approximately 2,000 youth.

Border Police had been preparing for terrorist attacks, and their presence enabled them to stop the terrorist, from Shechem, before he could continue his assault with a knife.

The police “prevented a big disaster,” said Police Commander Yochanan Danino

Dozens of police officer brought down the terrorist, age 25, after he hijacked a taxicab and was surprised by a police roadblock, which he slammed into and then drove for another half a mile. He then reached a nightclub holding approximately 2,000 youth at a party and continued knifing his victims until police manhandled him.

One Border Police officer suffered wounds in his neck, and the taxi driver was cut on his hands when he tried to yank the knife away from the terrorist.

All of those wounded suffered light to moderate injuries.

The Palestinian Authority has not commented on the terrorist attack. Shechem, from where the terrorist arrived, is under control by the Palestinian Authority, which is committed to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,

“The incident was further proof of the motivation of terrorists to attack,” Danino said.

The attack still is under investigation, but the terrorist appears to have acted on his own, bearing out warnings from intelligence officers that “lone terrorists,” without direct involvement of a terrorist organization, are prepared to carry out attacks at any time throughout the country.

A high alert against terror is in effect along the southern border.