Friday February 22, 2002
Alert customer shoots terrorist in Efrat supermarket
By The Jerusalem Post Internet Staff
An alert customer shot dead a terrorist who tried to set off an
explosive device in a supermarket a few minutes ago in Efrat. The town
is in Gush Etzion, a block of Jewish communities in Judea, south of
Bethlehem.
At least one small explosion did take place, leaving one customer
lightly wounded but causing no casualties, said Jerusalem Post reporter
Margot Dudkevitch. Nails from one of the explosions littered the floor.
Further tragedy was averted when a woman shopping in the packed
supermarket apparently saw the terrorist trying to set off a second
explosion and shot him twice in the head from close range.
A police source told Israel Radio the terrorist apparently intended to
detonate a small bomb in the supermarket and then blow himself up with
the explosive belt when police forces came to the scene.
The terrorist was a Palestinian who had a permit allowing him to work in
Efrat, Israel Radio reported.
Sources in Bethlehem revealed the terrorist was Muhammad Ashimali, 22,
from the village Adoha, south of Bethlehem.
Ashimali wanted to be a martyr, his father said.
The circumstances of the attack are still being investigated.
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