Security guard lightly injured in Bnei Brak shootout

Police arrest assailant, investigate motive

Suspect in the shooting of a security guard at the Elisra Electronic Systems in Bnei Brak arrested in Ramat Gan on Monday morning.(photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90).
Suspect in the shooting of a security guard at the Elisra Electronic Systems in Bnei Brak arrested in Ramat Gan on Monday morning.(photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90).

A female security guard was shot and lightly wounded on Monday morning when an unidentified assailant shot her at the Bnei Brak office building where she was on duty.

Initial reports indicated the guard fired back at her attacker and managed to hit him.

Police arrested the bleeding shooter at the Ayalon Mall, in nearby Ramat Gan, within hours of the incident and were investigating his motive.

The guard was evacuated to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.

The building she was guarding houses the offices of Elisra, an Israeli company specializing in electronic defense.

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