JERUSALEM (JTA) — Security guards at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport fired on two Palestinians driving a stolen truck after it broke through two security barriers.
The airport was shut down for one hour overnight Monday in the wake of the incident.
The Palestinians, residents of the West Bank cities of Kalkilya and Jenin, stole the truck from a central Israeli town at about 3 a.m. and drove through the entrance to the airport, according to reports. They reportedly told investigators that they entered the airport by accident and intended only to steal the truck.
After the truck ran the first security barrier, emergency procedures were activated and additional roadblocks were set up. The truck nearly hit a guard stationed at the second permanent security barrier before it stopped near Terminal 3 after its tires were shot out by a guard. The men tried to flee on foot but were captured and arrested.
No explosives were found in the truck.
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