Posted on 03/22/22
| News Source: Arutz-7
A suspected terror attack on Derech Hevron in Be'er Sheva has left two women injured.
One of the women, a gas station employee. Both women suffered critical injuries when an Arab attacked them and stabbed them at a gas station in the commercial center on Derech Hevron.
One of the women, aged about 50, died of her wounds.
Two other women suffered critical injuries and were treated at the scene. Another victim suffered moderate injuries and was treated at the scene.
A bus driver who saw the stabbing take place fired at the terrorist, neutralizing him.
Magen David Adom (MDA) said, "At 4:15p.m. MDA's Negev hotline received a report regarding a number of wounded on Derech Hevron and Yitzhak Nafha Street in Be'er Sheva. MDA paramedics are at the scene providing medical treatment to a number of people suffering various levels of injury, including serious."
MDA Director General Eli Bin told Channel 12 News, "The terrorist stabbed three people on Yitzhak Nafha Street, near the Big shopping center in Be'er Sheva. Two of them are considered seriously wounded, and one seriously-critically wounded. All of them were treated at the scene and one is already making his way to Soroka Hospital in the city."
Israel Police said, "A report was received regarding the stabbing of a gas station employee and another woman, at a gas station in the commercial center on Derech Hevron. The terrorist appears to have been neutralized. Police officers have begun searching the area."
A later police statement read, "A man arrived in the area of a commercial center in Be'er Sheva, and wounded three civilians with a knife. He was neutralized by a passerby. Police officers are at the scene."