American-Israeli Dies of His Wounds Two Weeks After Armon Hanatziv Bus Terrorist Attack

Jerusalem, 27 October, 2015 (TPS) -- Richard Lakin, an American-Israeli who was critically wounded in a terrorist attack that took place in Jerusalem on October 13, died of his wounds this morning, October 27.

Lakin, 76, was shot in the head and stabbed in the chest by two Palestinian terrorists on an Egged bus in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem. He was hospitalized in Hadassah Ein Kerem and underwent a number of surgeries, but he eventually succumbed to his wounds on October 27.

Two others were killed in the incident, and four others were injured.

The two terrorists were neutralized and killed at the scene.