In Israel, a terrorist attack at a bus station: there was a death and 10 were injured, the attacker was killed

A scene of the terrorist attack at the central Beersheba bus station on October 6, 2024, photo: Magen David Adom, The Times of Israel

At the main bus station of the city of Beersheba in Israel, a man made a terrorist attack, it is known about one death and 10 wounded, the attacker was killed.

Source: Times of Israel

Details: Emergency services said medics treated 11 people injured in a shooting at Beersheba’s main bus station, including a 25-year-old woman who died of her injuries.

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Among the victims who were taken to Soroki hospital are a woman aged about 20 years old in a moderate condition and four men aged about 20 years old in a moderate condition, all of them with gunshot wounds .

Israeli authorities identified Ahmad al-Uqbi, aged 29, from a Bedouin village near the city of Lakiya, as the terrorist who carried out the deadly attack in Beersheba. He has Israeli citizenship and a criminal record.

According to unconfirmed reports in the Hebrew media, he was linked to Muhanad Alukabi, who carried out the shooting at the same Beersheba bus station in October 2015. One soldier was killed in that attack and an Eritrean citizen was also killed after to be mistaken for the intruder.