The perpetrator of the terrorist attack on multiple people that took place in Beersheva in southern Israel this Tuesday, which resulted in four deaths in front of a shopping mall, has been identified. Mohamed Abu Al-Qian (Israeli of Bedouin Origin),34 years old, a native of Hura and an acquaintance of justice having spent time in many Israeli prisons.
Abu Al-QianA former elementary school teacher who is a supporter and advocate of the Islamic State.In 2016, he was sentenced to four-years imprisonment for trying to recruit Islamic State members among students at the school where he teaches.
The terrorist who was killed wanted to join the war against fundamentalists in Syria under the pretense of a pilgrimage. The attacker was also accused in spreading content from the fundamentalist group to children, and worshippers of a local mosque.
After learning his 2016 sentence,Abu Al-Qian (father of five children)According to “Haaretz”, he confessed to the judge that it was regrettable that he had done so and that he would like to go home to his family.