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Wednesday, March 23, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Guns to be returned this morning to citizens who shot at Beersheba terrorist
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Israeli police cordon off the scene of a terror attack outside a shopping center in the southern city of Beersheba on March 22, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
The two men who shot at a terrorist who murdered four people in Beersheba yesterday will have their guns returned to them this morning, police say.
Police say that ballistic tests on the weapons were completed overnight in Jerusalem and the guns will be given back to their owners, following an outcry from some right-wing elements over the weapons’ confiscation. Such checks are standard in an investigation and usually take a few days.
In a statement last night, a police spokesperson said that ballistic tests on the guns are an “inseparable” part of the investigation into the attack.
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