4 killed, 2 seriously hurt in stabbing attack at Beersheba mall; terrorist shot dead
Four people were killed and several others were wounded Tuesday in a ramming and stabbing attack at an outdoor shopping mall in Beersheba, officials said, in Israel’s deadliest terror attack in years.
According to police, the assailant first stabbed a woman to death at a gas station in the southern city. He then entered his car and rammed a cyclist, before getting out again and stabbing several people at the BIG shopping center.
Video from the scene then showed the terrorist confronted by an armed bus driver, who attempted to get him to lower his weapon. But the attacker lunged at him and was then shot several times, by the bus driver and by a second armed civilian.
The cyclist and two of the stabbing victims at the mall later died of their wounds.
The stabber was identified as 34-year-old Mohammad Ghaleb Abu al-Qi’an, a former terror convict from the Bedouin town of Hura in the Negev.
According to the Zaka emergency service, Abu al-Qi’an died of his wounds.
The Shin Bet said it was investigating the attack.
The Magen David Adom emergency service said a woman in her forties who had been stabbed by the assailant was declared dead at the scene. Five others were taken to the nearby Soroka Medical Center. Three of them died of their wounds shortly after admission, the hospital said.
The other two were listed in serious but stable condition at the hospital.
Tuesday’s rampage was the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since June 2016, when two terrorists opened fire at Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market, killing four people and wounding 16.
The Hamas terror group praised the stabbing attack, saying it “salutes the executor of the heroic operation in occupied Beersheba.”
?? Video from scene of this afternoon’s terror attack in #BeerSheba, southern #Israel, where an assailant rammed his car into group of people and then began stabbed them, murdering 4.
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) March 22, 2022
Thank G-d there was passerby with gun, who took him out, averting an even further catastrophe. pic.twitter.com/V6sqyJY1yP
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
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) March 22, 2022
Terror attack in Be'er Sheva: 'He looked at me and continued to stab the young woman'
Terror attack in Be'er Sheva: 'He looked at me and continued to stab the young woman' Eyewitness recalls, 'I went to buy something at a store in BIG, when I suddenly heard screaming. I had chills over my whole body.''We will find all those involved and bring them to justice'
Four people were killed Tuesday afternoon in a terror attack in the southern city of Be'er Sheva.
Among the victims were a woman of about 50, whose death was declared at the scene; and a woman of about 40 and a man of about 60, who were declared dead in Soroka Medical Center. A fourth person, who had been riding a bicycle, was killed after the terrorist rammed into him.
Two other women are in moderate condition and being treated at Soroka.
Yaron, an eyewitness to the terror attack, told Channel 13 News, "I had gone to buy something in a store in the BIG center, when I suddenly heard screaming. I ran to the place and I saw a terrorist stabbing one of the young women, and another woman running away from there. I ran towards the terrorist and began screaming at him, 'What are you doing?' He looked at me and continued stabbing the young woman, and did not say anything."
A terror attack in Be'er Sheva has claimed the lives of four individuals when an Arab stabbed a number of people at a gas station in the commercial center on Derech Hevron of the city.
Three women and one man were murdered in the attack and two additional victims received moderate wounds before being evacuated to the city's Soroka Medical Center.
Initial police investigations show that the terrorist arrived at the gas station where he stabbed a woman before running down a bicycle rider with his vehicle, and stabbing a number of others after getting out of his car.
A bus driver who saw the stabbing take place fired at the terrorist, neutralizing the man, who was later declared dead at the scene.
According to police sources, the terrorist was an Arab Israeli citizen who lived in the Bedouin town of Hura and was known in the past to be a supporter of ISIS. The terrorist, who has been identified as Mohammad Jalab Abu al-Quian, was shot and killed at the scene.
According to Maariv, the terrorist had joined ISIS and was recently released from a 5 year prison term.