Knife wielding terrorist kills four people and injures two more before getting shot by armed civilians in Israel.

 

Police investigate the scene of the crime. NPR/AP.

A knife wielding terrorist killed four people and injured two more in a mass stabbing before being shot and killed by armed civilians. NPR. The attacker rammed his vehicle into a cyclist and then stabbed five people. Video shows two armed civilians shooting the attacker. The attacker was a 34 year old Arab man who had served time in prison for trying to join ISIS. The attacker was an Israeli citizen, not a Palestinian. 

Warning, the video below contains graphic content. 

⚠️ Video from scene of this afternoon’s terror attack in #BeerSheba, southern #Israel, where an assailant rammed his car into group of people and then began stabbed them, murdering 4.

Thank G-d there was passerby with gun, who took him out, averting an even further catastrophe. pic.twitter.com/V6sqyJY1yP

— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) March 22, 2022

 My Comment:

A fairly major ISIS linked terror attack in Israel. Though I don't know if the attack counts as an ISIS terror attack as it appears the attacker acted alone. He did try to join the organization and was imprisoned for four years so that makes it an ISIS attack as far as I am concerned, even if the organization did not help the attacker in anyway. 

This attack shows that you don't need a gun to kill multiple people. A vehicle and a knife is all you need and this guy killed four people and injured two more before he was put down by armed civilians. Indeed, he probably would have killed more if he hadn't been confronted by good guys with guns. 

I'm not super familiar with Israeli gun laws. From what I understand they are fairly restrictive and are on a may issue basis for concealed weapons carrying and owning of firearms in the first place. That being said, Israelis are very familiar with firearms and if they do manage to get a permit I wouldn't want to go up against a guy that had one. 

As far as the shooting goes, it's not great video but in America it would have been a totally justified shooting. The two guys that fired at the attacker did not fire until he started to charge the man in the blue shirt. Blue shirt guy fired his gun, stopping the attacker while the other guy helped by shooting him a couple of additional times. I don't know what the self defense laws are in Israel but it would be an obvious good shoot in America and I can't imagine any Israeli prosecutor actually filing charges against these men. 

I really think that the attacker shouldn't have been let out of prison. Indeed, I don't think there is a case to be made for letting most ISIS people out of prison for a very long time. Maybe life in prison is to harsh but a four year sentence for trying to join ISIS is a joke. And this attack shows why, if an ISIS sympathizer is let out it's a bad idea. There is a very high chance of a terror attack occurring, just like this.