2024 Beersheba bus station shooting
2024 terror attack in Israel
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On 6 October 2024, a gunman carried out a shooting and stabbing attack in Beersheba's central station.[2][3] Thirteen Israelis were wounded and one was killed.[4][2] The gunman was killed by Israeli security forces.[5]
Beersheba, Israel
14:30 P.M. (GMT+3)
| 2024 Beersheba bus station shooting | |
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Scene of the crime with the area taped off by police | |
| Location | 31°14′33″N 34°47′48″E Beersheba, Israel |
| Date | 6 October 2024 14:30 P.M. (GMT+3) |
Attack type | Mass shooting and stabbing[1] |
| Deaths | 2 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 13 |
| Perpetrator | Ahmad Said Suliman al-Uqbi |
Background
Tensions between Israel and the occupied West Bank steadily increased following 7 October 2023 attacks, which killed about 1,200 people including 815 civilians. As of 23 September 2024, over 41,000 Palestinian civilians[6] and approximately 1,000 Israeli civilians[7] have been killed in the Gaza war.
Five days before the attack, there had been another attack on 1 October in Jaffa, Tel Aviv where two Hamas gunmen opened fire, killing seven and wounding 17 more, before being killed by IDF troops and an armed civilian.[8][9]
Attack
One person was killed and 13 others were injured in the attack, which took place inside McDonald's at Beersheba's central bus station.[10] Medical service Magen David Adom reported that paramedics treated nine individuals on-site for various injuries.[11] Border Police Sgt. Shira Suslik, 19, from Beersheba, died from injuries caused by the attack.[10] MDA indicated that two individuals in serious condition, four in moderate condition, and two with minor injuries were being transferred to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba.[11]
Perpetrator
The assailant was identified as Ahmad Said Suliman al-Uqbi, a 29-year-old Bedouin resident of the unrecognised village of Uqbi near Hura, who had a criminal record and was related to the perpetrator of the 2015 Beersheba bus station shooting, Muhanad al-Uqbi.[11][12]