WEST BANK, IL. (THECOUNT) — Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 29, a married mother of one child, and Ziv Hajbi, a 35-year-old father of three, have been identified as the victims in a Sunday terror attack in Barkan, in the West Bank.
Authorities identified the man and woman as the victims shot dead by a Palestinian gunman at the Barkan Industrial Park near the settlement-city of Ariel on Sunday afternoon.
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The suspect, a 23-year-old Palestinian man from the northern West Bank, entered a factory where he was employed in the Barkan Industrial Park shortly before 8 a.m, armed with a locally produced Carlo-style submachine gun, according to army spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus.
A second woman who was moderately injured in the attack was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment for a gunshot wound in her stomach.
Inside, he tied up and shot dead Yehezkel and Hajbi at close range, as well as wounding the third victim, according to eyewitnesses.
After the attack the suspect fled the scene, still armed with the submachine gun, the military said.
“He has not yet been apprehended. We know that he is still armed and is considered dangerous,” Conricus said. “We do not know if he plans to carry out another terror attack or if he is just fleeing, but we assume he is still dangerous.” source
Yehezkel was from the central Israeli town of Rosh Ha’ayin, while Hajbi hailed from Rishon Lezion.
BREAKING: #Palestinian gunman fleeing the terror attack scene in Barkan after injuring 3 Israelis – 2 of them w/ life threatening wounds pic.twitter.com/zWajZvzvMM
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Anyone with information on the deadly incident should contact police immediately.
Barkan, is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, about 25 km east of Tel Aviv and 8 km west of Salfit, under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council. In 2016 its population was 1,798, according to Wikipedia.