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The alleged perpetrator is an Israeli citizen who is a supporter of the Islamic State who was imprisoned for supporting a terrorist group.
The violence reaches the south of Israel. In the city of beersheba, four people have died this Tuesday victims in a knife attack and run over. The attacker is a Bedouin with Israeli citizenship originally from the city of Hura, in the Negev desert. Security force sources have described him as a supporter of Islamic State who served a prison sentence for belonging to a terrorist group. Its about third knife attack of the week, although it is the first with fatalities.
According to the police, the assailant, identified as Mohammed Khaleb Abu al-Qian, arrived at a gas station where he stabbed a woman before getting into a car. In the flight, he ran over a man who was riding a bicycle, causing his death. He then got out of the car and stabbed another woman and a man before take multiple shots. As reported by the media haaretz, he shot him a bus driver who was in the vicinity of the attack in a central area of the city, in front of a shopping center. The condition of the attacker is unknown. Israeli Police called the incident a “suspected terrorist attack.”
A terror attack has been reported in the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva. Several civilians were wounded including one killed. The attacker was reportedly shot and killed. Palestinian militant groups have yet to publish statements or claim credit for the attack. #Israel pic.twitter.com/jHdISkvbu5
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This is the third knife attack in the last week. The previous two took place in occupied territory. On Sunday, in the Ras al Amud neighborhood in east jerusalem, a 20-year-old Israeli police officer was slightly injured in an attempted stabbing. The day before, another man was injured in the holy city. The officers shot the assailant, a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem who was taken to hospital in serious condition.
So much Hamas as the Islamic Jihad They have praised the attack although none of them have claimed responsibility. “We salute the executor of the heroic operation in occupied Beersheba,” said Hamas spokesman Abd al Latif al Qanu, on the official militia radio. “The crimes of the occupation will be met with heroic operations: stabbings, ramming and shooting,” he added. For its part, Islamic Jihad has also spoken out. “The acts of resistance will deter the occupation,” said its spokesman, Tarek Silmi.
Video shows the assailant who allegedly rammed and stabbed to death at least four people in Beersheba being shot by passersby.https://t.co/7cdCrMEXeU pic.twitter.com/gmuuQKrPrn
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