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of the shooting, the police arrived, with one policeman shooting a flowerpot as a deterrent as officers entered, and began searching for the shooter. One of the wounded victims was temporarily handcuffed after being mistaken for the shooter by police. After it became known that the shooter was in a bathroom together with a hostage, a police officer fired a single shot into the bathroom. The police negotiated with Alon until he shot himself. He was taken to
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According to eyewitness accounts, Alon shot the two bank employees multiple times to ensure that they were dead. Five other people were wounded. Alon then took a woman, Miri Cohen, an employee of the bank, as a hostage, and barricaded himself with her in a bathroom. Within three minutes of the start
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After completing his active service, he began working as a security guard for educational institutions and the
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6,000, and the card was swallowed by an ATM when he tried to use it. On May 20, 2013, he visited the Bank
Hapoalim branch in the Neve Ze'ev neighborhood of Beersheba requesting a debt settlement, and was refused. A few hours later, he returned to commit the shooting.
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and sat down together with other people waiting for services. He then got up and opened fire. The branch's manager, Avner Cohen and his deputy Meir Zeitun were killed, as were two customers, Idan Sabri and Anat
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821:Attacks on buildings and structures in Israel
651:"ืืืื ืืื ืง: ืฉืืืจ ืืจื ืืชื ืื ืืืืืงื ืืช ืืขืจืืื"
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826:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2013
708:"Video of Beersheba bank shooting released"
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733:"Israel: five dead after gunfight in bank"
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527:ืชืืืจ, ืกืืืื ืื (May 20, 2013).
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627:(in Hebrew). May 21, 2013.
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