On the morning of 7 October 2018, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on several Israeli civilians in the Barkan Industrial Park, killing two and critically injuring another. The shooting incident was declared a "terrorist attack" by the IDF. It was the first attack in the park and the second fatal attack in the West Bank to occur in three weeks.
The attacker, a 23-year-old Palestinian, had worked in the factory where the shooting took place.
IDF forces conducted an intensive two-month manhunt to capture the militant who fled the scene.
The IDF arrested some relatives of the assailant.
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