The Israel Police identified the victim of a terror attack Sunday in the central bus station of Be’er Sheva as Border Patrol Officer Shira Chaya Suslik, 19.
As Breitbart News reported, one person was killed and ten wounded in the attack, when a gunman apparently started firing at innocent people. (There were reports of a knife attack as well; it is not clear which weapon was used.)
According to media reports, Suslik confronted the terrorist, likely saving lives.
The Times of Israel reported:
The terrorist behind a deadly terror attack in Beersheba is named as Ahmad al-Uqbi, 29, from a Bedouin hamlet near the town of Lakiya, according to Israeli defense authorities.
Al-Uqbi holds Israeli citizenship and has a criminal record, authorities say.
Leaders in the Israeli Arab community were quick to condemn the attack and disavow the terrorist, whose relative had reportedly carried out a similar attack at the same bus station several years ago.
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