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Saturday, February 3, 2024
Police say man shot and killed by civil defense squad in south after pulling knife on member
A man was shot dead by a member of the civil defense force of a kibbutz in the south, police say.
Three men were spotted climbing over the perimeter fence of Retamim, and were detained by the security team.
While they were being questioned, police say that one of the suspects gestured for a member of the security team to come closer to him, at which point he tore off his hand restraints and pulled a knife from his pocket.
The security guard shot the suspect. The man was later pronounced dead by the team at the Soroka Medical Center.
The three suspects were from Bir Hadaj and the Bedouin community at Ne’ot Hovav.
Police say they believe the infiltration into the community by the three men was a criminal act, rather than terror.
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