Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, who arrived on the scene, said the terrorist was Kamel Abu Bakr, a 22-year-old Palestinian resident of Jenin affiliated with the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
„After chasing the terrorist the security guard neutralized him. In a letter he wrote, the terrorist said he was willing to ‚sacrifice himself‘. We‘re currently looking into the possibility of the assailant having accomplices.“