Palestinian opens fire on military base in southern Israel

[oberliner]

Israel Defense Forces troops on Saturday shot and killed a Palestinian woman after she opened fire on a Border Police barracks in the south of Israel.

Police suspect the perpetrator had infiltrated Israel from the South Hebron Hills area in the West Bank, and headed south to the base at Shoket Junction, near Arad.

She walked firmly towards the main gate. When she tried to fire on the sentry from a distance of a few meters, he turned the barrel away and escaped the bullets. She then ran away and took cover, while the sentry and another officer who had arrived at the scene tried to persuade her to turn herself in.

When the brief negotiation failed, another gun battle ensued, at the end of which the officer shot the attacker dead.

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1076296.html

[varelse]

1. "The attacker was identified as 15-year-old

Basma Awad al-Nabari of the nearby Houra village. Police believe she acted independently and had no ties to Palestinian terror groups. "