Five killed in Bnei Brak . terror attack

Five people, including a member of the security forces, have been killed in a terror attack in Bnei Brak tonight. Three are also injured.

The attack on the streets of Bialik and Herzl was carried out by a terrorist who fired an M16 automatic rifle that was on the scene on a motorcycle. The terrorist was eventually shot dead during a shootout with police. A second terrorist was reportedly arrested. The first indications are that the terrorists are Palestinians from the West Bank.

Large numbers of Shin Bet police, border patrol and security officers rushed to the crime scene and erected roadblocks. The entrance to Jabotinsky Street from the Geha Interchange has been closed by the police.

A senior source in the security forces told “Globes” that the latest wave of terror attacks requires an immediate re-evaluation of the situation, fearing the attacks will intensify ahead of Diet tomorrow and the start of Ramadan at the end of the week.

Tonight’s attack follows a terror attack on Sunday evening in which two border police officers were shot dead in Hadera by two terrorists from Umm El Fahm, and an attack in Beersheva last week that killed four people by a terrorist from the Negev Bedouin town of Hura.

Published by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on March 29, 2022.

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