2015 Jerusalem bus attack

yes 2015 attack on civilians in Jerusalem 2015 Jerusalem bus attack East Talpiot, East Jerusalem 2015 10 13 yes Israel jerusalem 31 45 00 35 14 06 The location of East Talpiot in Jerusalem הפיגוע בקו 78 heb Mass shooting, stabbing attack Rifle, knife 3 civilians 15 civilians 2 On 13 October 2015, two Palestinians, armed with a firearm and a knife boarded a bus in the Israeli settlement of East Talpiot in East Jerusalem, and started attacking and stabbing the passengers. One of the assailants tried to take control on the bus and locked the bus door to prevent the passengers from escaping. Police arrived, killed one of the assailants and neutralized the other. Three civilians were killed and 15 wounded.Wave of terror 2015-2018 http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Palestinian/Pages/Wave-of-terror-October-2015.aspx 10 May 2018 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 March 2018Ben Zikri Almog Hasson Nir Kubovich Yanir 3 Israelis Killed, 20 Wounded in Terror Attacks in Jerusalem, Central Israel https://www.haaretz.com/2015-10-14/ty-article/.premium/cabinet-meets-after-3-israelis-killed-in-terror-attacks/0000017f-db5c-df9c-a17f-ff5cf04c0000 Haaretz 13 October 2015 One of the wounded succumbed to his wounds on 27 October 2015.Hasson Nir Jerusalem Bus Attack Claims Third Life: Richard Lakin https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.682521 https://web.archive.org/web/20151027200029/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.682521 dead October 27, 2015 Haaretz 27 October 2015 Attack Elian reportedly obtained a gun and a knife in preparation for the attack, in which Gaanam agreed to participate. The two rode a motorbike from Jabel Mukaber, where they lived, to nearby East Talpiot, where they boarded a bus with the weapons concealed in their clothing. They rode the bus until more passengers had boarded, then began the attack. Gaanam shot fellow passengers, while Elian stabbed them. After Gaanam ran out of bullets, he tried to strangle a passenger. Elian was killed by security personnel who rushed to the scene; Gaanam survived.Eisenbud Daniel Terrorist convicted of 3 murders, including Richard Lakin, in J'lem attack Jerusalem Post 14 June 2016 1797792157 Facebook connection According to Micah Lakin Avni, son of one of the murdered passengers, Richard Lakin, Bahas Alian (Elian) posted a will on Facebook referring to martyrdom. Avni found other Facebook pages exhorting users to kill Jews and showing a chart demonstrating where to stab victims.Fulford Robert 7 November 2015 The Facebook Intifada National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/robert-fulford-the-facebook-intifada 1731628614 Following the attack, advocates of Palestinian terrorism posted reenactments of the attack on Facebook. Lakin's son, Micah Avni, a venture capitalist who invests in information technology companies, became an activist campaigning to persuade Facebook not to host pages that advocate terrorism.Miller Michael 30 October 2015 Does Facebook share responsibility for an American peace activist's brutal murder in Israel? The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/30/does-facebook-share-responsibility-for-an-american-peace-activists-brutal-murder-in-israel/ live limited https://web.archive.org/web/20151031131209/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/30/does-facebook-share-responsibility-for-an-american-peace-activists-brutal-murder-in-israel/3 31 October 2015 1728346135 Trial, convictions, sentencing Balal Abu Gaanam (21), of Jabel Mukaber, was convicted of murder. He had been a supporter of Hamas for several years. He was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for murder, plus 70 years' imprisonment for seven convictions of attempted murder. The homes of Elian and Gaanam homes were razed, and the sites sealed off by security forces. Victims 15 civilians were wounded in the attack. Chaim Haviv, 78 and Alon Govberg, 51, were killed during the attack. Richard Lakin, 76, was shot in the head, stabbed in the chest, and succumbed to his wounds on October 27. Lakin, who grew up in Newton, Massachusetts,Remz Jeffrey Terrorist victim Richard Lakin remembered at Newton rally for Israel The Jewish Advocate 6 November 2016 1732789124 was a civil rights advocate and the principal of the Hopewell Elementary School in Glastonbury, Connecticut before moving to Israel in 1984 with his wife, Karen Gordon Lakin, and their children.Horovitz David The relegitimizer: A terror victim's son partners with government to combat BDS https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-relegitimizer-a-terror-victims-son-partners-with-government-to-combat-bds/ 5 August 2019 Times of Israel 5 December 2018Rudoren Jodi 28 October 2015 Death Came on the No. 78 Bus New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/world/middleeast/champion-of-coexistence-felled-by-its-failure-is-buried-in-israel.html live limited 10 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20151030044123/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/world/middleeast/champion-of-coexistence-felled-by-its-failure-is-buried-in-israel.html 30 October 2015Jewish advocate of coexistence slain AP Los Angeles Times 29 October 2015 1727826318 Richard and Karen Lakin met as students at Boston University and were Freedom Riders who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.Sofer Barbara 5 August 2016 The Human Spirit: Endings The Jerusalem Post https://m.jpost.com/opinion/the-human-spirit-endings-463263 1814910880Lazaroff Tovah Harov Lahav Terror victim's son calls on Human Rights Council to condemn dad's murder Jerusalem Post 22 March 2016 1775948672 After moving to Israel, Lakin taught English to mixed classes of Arabs and Jews. Hopewell Elementary School erected a memorial plaque in Lakin's honor.Marteka Peter Glastonbury: Hopewell School: Honoring Richard Lakin's Legacy: Plaque A Tribute For Slain Educator Hartford Courant 2 September 2016 1815921591 Impact While Lakin's family was in his hospital room hoping that Lakin would recover, they began to see images of the attack on social media posts urging viewers to carry out similar attacks, in the words of Lakin's son, Micah Avni, the posts included, “specific instructions on how to slice someone’s chest open and cut their intestines like what was done to my father.”Goldman Paul Facebook Sued After Richard Lakin Killed by Hamas Terrorists https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/facebook-sued-after-richard-lakin-killed-hamas-terrorists-n609881 6 August 2019 NBC News 17 July 2016 Avni joined relatives of three other Americans who had lost relatives to terror attacks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem or the West Bank from 2014 to 2016, to file suit in New York federal court on July 12 2016 accusing Facebook of knowingly providing "material support" to Hamas." The legal claim was rejected; the court found that Facebook and other social media companies are not considered to be the publishers of material users post when digital tools used by the company match content with what the tool identifies as interested consumers.Dolmetsch Chris Facebook Isn't Responsible as Terrorist Platform, Court Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-31/facebook-wins-ruling-in-suit-claiming-it-aided-hamas-attacks 7 August 2019 Bloomberg 31 July 2019Jarvis Sarah 31 July 2019 Facebook Defeats Appeal Claiming It Aided Hamas Attacks Law360 https://www.law360.com/articles/1183920/facebook-defeats-appeal-claiming-it-aided-hamas-attacks 6 August 2019 MK Revital Swid, supported by the efforts of Lakin's son, Micah Lakin Avni, proposed the "Lakin bill" to require Facebook and other media companies to remove content that poses a danger to personal, public or state security. Although the bill did not become law, according to Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, by the summer of 2016, Facebook had voluntarily removed 95 percent of 158 inciting posts, while YouTube, was removing 80 percent of 13 videos the government requested that it remove.Harkov Lahav 13 September 2016 'Facebook removed 95% of terror incitement requested by Israel' Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/facebook-removed-95-percent-of-terror-incitement-requested-by-israel-467540 1821820798Eisenbud Daniel In the name of his father. Terrorist victim Richard Lakin's son ensures legacy Jerusalem Post 23 September 2016 1825003454 See also 2015–2016 wave of violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict References Israel Category:2015 murders in Asia Category:Palestinian political violence Category:Knife attacks in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Category:2015 mass shootings in Asia Category:2015 in Jerusalem Category:Stabbing attacks in 2015 Category:October 2015 crimes in Asia Category:Mass stabbings in Jerusalem Category:Terrorist incidents on buses in Asia Category:People killed by Israeli security forces Category:Terrorist incidents in Jerusalem in the 2010s Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 2015 Category:21st-century mass murders in Jerusalem Category:2015 mass murders Category:Mass shootings in Jerusalem