Officer killed and 10 hurt in shooting attack at southern Israel bus station, officials say
A police officer has been killed and 10 people have been injured in a shooting attack at a bus station in the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva on Sunday, according to emergency services.
The officer killed has been identified by Israeli law enforcement as Shira Suslik. Suslik was an officer in Israel’s Southern Border Police, a police spokesperson said, announcing her death “with great sadness and grief.”
The spokesperson said that Suslik “fell in an encounter with a terrorist in the attack.”
Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency services said the people injured in the attack were taken to Soroka Medical Center, including one person who is in moderate-to-serious condition with gunshot wounds.
Four others are in moderate condition with gunshot wounds, and five are in mild condition with bruises and injuries from glass shards, MDA said.
The attacker was killed, an Israeli police spokesperson said.
“The terrorist has been neutralized, and numerous police forces from the southern district are present at the scene,” the spokesperson said in a statement.