MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Arutz Sheva newspaper, the Sudanese national arrived at Ben Gurion Boulevard in Ashkelon early on Sunday when he stabbed the IDF soldier and then fled.
A second soldier who witnessed the attack then chased after the assailant to a nearby street, where he shot the suspect, the paper reported. The suspect later died at a hospital.
According to the paper, police said that the motive for the stabbing was yet unclear.
The IDF officer was transferred to the city's Barzilai Hospital with minor injuries.