Beersheba attacker identified as Bedouin citizen of Israel

He stabbed a soldier and grabbed his M-16 rifle, then opened fire on the bus station.

A bystander of Eritrean origin, not involved in the attack, was also killed by Israeli police who mistook him for a second gunman.

The identity of the man was not immediately known while there was no claim of responsibility for the attack. An Israeli guy was killed in the assault and six other people, in addition to four cops officers, were wounded to varying degrees, cops said.

The attack took place hours after John Kerry, US Secretary of State, announced plans to meet the Israeli and Palestinian leaders this week to try to stem the unrest plaguing the region. The bus station was after shut down as Israeli cops searched the terminal for any additional threats. After the attack, a crowd of Israelis gathered and chanted “death to Arabs”, as tensions continued to rise.

France’s ambassador to Israel was summoned Monday to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, AFP reported citing diplomatic sources, as Jerusalem wished to convey its outrage at the French proposal to deploy an global peacekeeping force at the capital’s flashpoint Temple Mount site.

Yesterday the country’s cabinet gave the green light to expanded stop-and-frisk legislation.

The statement also said that police would attempt to identify the citizens who attacked the downed man and bring them in for questioning. The terrorist was shot dead by security forces after hiding out in a bathroom.

A court has indicted a West Bank Palestinian for attempted murder over a stabbing attack in the Galilee city of Afula on October 8.