CORRECTION: A previous version of this story suggested that RT was the target of an attack. There were no attacks on RT's offices or RT employees. The stabbing was in the building that houses RT's Middle East bureau. No one affiliated with RT was harmed in any way.
The channel's correspondent, Paula Slier, posted pictures of the attack's aftermath on her Twitter account.
Crime scene #RT tel aviv bureau building pic.twitter.com/k1jw0MLFIO
— Paula Slier (@PaulaSlier_RT) November 19, 2015
Stabbing in #RT tel aviv office building. All staff safe but one person killed and three wounded downstairs. Killer on the loose
— Paula Slier (@PaulaSlier_RT) 19 ноября 2015
Police rushed to the scene, and medics were seen tending to the wounded. Some reports suggested the attacker was still at large in the office building.
— Paula Slier (@PaulaSlier_RT) November 19, 2015
The RT crew was barricaded in the building. A police helicopter was circling above, Slier said, adding that the building was on lockdown.
According to Slier, as soon as RT's staff heard shouts, they ran out of the office. "The first 10-15 minutes were total chaos. It was hard to say what was happening. Then police and security services arrived. They ran up the stairs."
— Paula Slier (@PaulaSlier_RT) November 19, 2015
The bureau chief added that approximately 700 people work in the office building.
"At first we did not know what happened to the assailant – was he apprehended or what happened. Then we found a body [of a person killed in the attack]. We were there when the ambulance arrived. They covered the body and took it away," Slier said.
According to reports, at least two people were wounded, she added. One of the wounded is said to have passed away later.
A man with a knife, presumably a Palestinian, killed one and wounded two Israelis in the Beit Panorama shopping mall in the southern part of the city.
Earlier, Palestinian terrorist murdered 2 Israelis & injured 1 in stabbing attack in Tel Aviv. Terrorist apprehended pic.twitter.com/KWL5b1DmXn
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) 19 ноября 2015
There was chaos as police tried to figure out whether the attacker was still in the building.
