An Israeli security guard was killed in a Palestinian terror attack in downtown Tel Aviv on Saturday.
The terrorist, identified as 22-year-old Kamal Abu Bakr, a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, had aroused the suspicion of two security guards who approached him. Bakr fired at the guards with a handgun, critically injuring one. The other guard returned fire hitting Bakr.
The injured guard and the Bakr were evacuated to local hospitals, where both were pronounced dead.
According to Police Commissioner Kobi Shabai, a letter was found on Bakr’s body stating his intention to be a martyr.
It wasn’t immediately clear how Bakr, from the Palestinian village of Rumannah, near Jenin, entered Israel.