Attack aftermath
Photo: Haim Tzach
Jewish terrorist: Sharon should be killed
Settler who murdered four Palestinians Wednesday says he has no regrets, wants PM dead
Asher Weissgan, the Jewish terrorist who murdered four Palestinians on Wednesday, says he wishes someone would kill Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
"I have no regrets over what I did. I wanted to stop the disengagement, and I hope someone will murder Sharon too," he said at the Petah Tikvah Magistrate's Court, where he was brought before judges so his remand could be extended.
Jewish Terror
By Efrat Weiss
Following terror attack on Palestinian workers in West bank settlement, IDF increases presence in Judea and Samaria; Jewish gunman kills four Palestinian laborers in Shilo; assailant wrested weapon away from security guard before firing at Palestinians. Yesha council condemns attack, Hamas threatens to respond: This crime is not going to pass without tough punishment
Meanwhile in the wake of the attack, senior General Security Service officials held a round of talks with Israel's chief rabbis as well as other leading rabbis and stressed the severity of Weissgan's actions.
The Shin Bet figures warned the rabbis that the terror attack jeopardizes the security of settlers and evacuators in the Gaza Strip and asked the rabbis to exert their influence on the public in order to prevent further murders.
Chilling murders in Shilo
On Wednesday, Weissgan approached a security guard at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Shilo and asked for a glass of water, before wresting away the guard’s weapon.
At around 5 p.m., the attacker fired at a group of Palestinians at the community’s entrance, hitting four people. He then continued to Shilo’s industrial zone, where he opened fire again, hitting another Palestinian.
A short time later, the settlement’s chief of security captured the terrorist and handed him over to authorities, as large rescue forces were dispatched to the scene.
