Terrorist Attack at Beersheba Bus Station Kills One, Wounds Nine others

A terrorist shooting attack at the Beersheba Central Bus Station early Sunday afternoon left 19-year-old Israel Border Police Cpl. Shira Chaya Suslik dead and nine others wounded. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics were on the scene within minutes of the attack, which initial reports said was carried out by Ahmad Said Suliman al-Ukabi, a 29-year-old Israeli citizen from a Bedouin family.

"We provided initial treatment at the scene to a young woman who was seriously injured and was later transported to the hospital," United Hatzalah updated. "We treated another woman who was in critical condition and four people who were moderately and lightly to moderately injured. In addition, we assisted at the scene several people who suffered from emotional shock due to the nature of the incident."

Mansour Abbas, head of Raam (United Arab List), condemned the attack, saying, "This is not the way of the Arab citizens who knew how to show a moral and legal civic commitment and abhor any kind of violence, and reject any attempt to drag them to participate in acts of political violence."

The Forum of the Heads of the Bedouin Authorities in the Negev also issued a strong statement of condemnation for the attack, as well as a warning that some "extremist" elements might try to take advantage of the attack to deepen divisions in Israeli society.