Two Killed, Four Wounded in Terror Attack in Southern Israel

by Yaakov Ort – chabad.org

Two people were killed and four others were injured Friday in a terrorist shooting at a bus stop in southern Israel. One of the victims, a 20-year-old man, succumbed to his wound after being rushed to a local hospital.

The Magen David Adom emergency medical service. also evacuated another 20-year-old man, a 16-year-old boy and a 65-year-old man all who are in serious condition, and a 65-year-old woman, who is in moderate condition.

According to the police, the terrorist, a resident of the Shoafat refugee camp in eastern Jerusalem, emerged from a car carrying Israeli license plates at the Re’em-Masmyyia junction and opened fire at people waiting at a nearby bus station.

The terrorist was shot to death by a civilian armed with a gun who drove by the site of the attack.