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Young Woman Succumbs to Terrorist Knife Attack

by Yaakov Ort – Chabad.org

A 23-year-old woman who was described by friends as “a model of compassion who only wanted the world to be a better place” succumbed to knife wounds sustained yesterday in an attack by two male Arab terrorists.

Shlomit Krigman grew up in the Jordan Valley community of Shadmot Mahola and was living with her grandparents at the time of the attack, which took place in Beit Horon, a communal village located alongside Highway 443, which connects Jerusalem and Modiin.

Following high school she served as a Bnei Akiva youth group coordinator during her national service and recently completed a bachelor’s degree in industrial design at the University of Ariel. Her senior project was a design for a portable public library.

“Shlomit was part of the landscape of Beit Horon, a smiling, quiet flower who brightened up her surroundings,” wrote one friend on a Facebook page set up in her memory. Her cousin, Daniel Krigman, who is the head of Bnei Akiva in Israel, described the family’s suffering: “Shulamit was a beautiful, sweet girl,” he said. “She was always smiling and energetic, so full of light. We are in great pain. Let us hope for better days.”

On Monday afternoon Krigman and another woman, 58, were attacked outside a grocery store in Bet Horon. The second victim, whose name has not been released by authorities, is recuperating from her wounds at Shaarei Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem. The terrorists were shot and killed by security forces at the scene. Following the attack three home-made bombs were found near the store and a bomb squad was called to the scene to neutralize them.

The terrorists were identified as Ibrahim Alan, 22, from Beit Ur al-Tahta, and Hussein Abu Ghosh, 17, from the Qalandiya refugee camp. Police said they approached Bet Horon from a nearby wadi, and jumped over the settlement’s fence.

Shlomit Krigman is survived by her parents, Yitzchak and Naama, and six siblings. She was laid to rest today at the Har Hamenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem in what her family asked to be a private ceremony.

 

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4 Comments

  • Yitzchak Mordechai

    Is Brooklyn any safer than the “Holy Land” ? How is it exactly 25 years ago exactly in Shvat & Adar Tof Shin Nun Aleph 5751 1991 “The rebbe was telling people not 2 leave E”H (Eretz HaKodesh) because of the Golf war with Sadam Hussain Y”St (Yimach Shmo) was sending scud missiles into Isreal, & the Rebbe said that E”Hill is the safest place in the world. How do we understand that 25 years later when we see all the tradegies, calamities & cataclysm going on everyday ?

  • O.T . boy 73-76

    sraeli’s have to be allowed to shoot as many bullets as they need to at any arab that throws ONE stone at them. their goal is to kill and therefore in self defense EVERY Israeli should be entitled to SHOOT TO KILL. Maybe if they did that enough times these animals would back off. And, as far as world opinion goes, Israel’s message should be “You can all go to H_ _ _! we have to defend our people in whatever method it takes. The world is not there for us and blames us no matter what.