Arab attacker kills four in Israel and is fatally shot, police say

Israeli security and rescue forces secure the scene of an attack in which people were killed near a shopping centre in Beersheba, Israel, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dudu Grunshpan ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL

An Arab assailant killed at least four people in Israel's southern city of Beersheba on Tuesday in the deadliest such attack in years, before he was fatally shot by a passer-by, police said.

Police identified the attacker as an Arab citizen of Israel, a former high school teacher who had been imprisoned over alleged links to Islamic State.