Hero turned villian

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Eleven years ago, two terrorists opened fire in all directions at a military base in Southern Israel. They killed a number of soldiers. Itamar Alon, a security officer in the south, happened to be nearby. He ran to the scene, shot one of the terrorists and brought him down. His actions saw him awarded the Beersheba bravery medal, which he received from the previous mayor Yaakov Terner. Alon is also the man who on Monday perpetrated a massacre at a Beersheba branch of Bank Hapoalim that claimed the lives of four people before turning the gun on himself after his ATM card was blocked due to a debt of NIS 6,000 ($1,640).

Bank shooter: Hero turned villain - Israel News, Ynetnews

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