24/05/2014
JNF park
Terror Attack Place:
Brussels Jewish Museum
Commemoration Site:
Moshav Lachish
Area:
Negev and Southern Israel
Type:
Monument
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On Saturday May 24, 2014, a Muslim terrorist entered the Jewish museum in Brussels and opened fire from an AK-47 assault rifle. Four people were murdered, Alexandre Strens, 25 years old, a young Belgian working in the Museum.
Alexandre Strens, who worked at the museum was critically wounded[13] and eventually died of his wounds on 6 June. He was born in Morocco to a Jewish mother and Algerian Berber father, and his body was returned to Taza, Morocco for burial in a Muslim cemetery.
Dominique Sabrier, a French citizen who volunteered in the museum was also killed and two Israelis, Emanuel Riva, 54 years old and his wife Miryam, 53 years old, both from Tel Aviv.
The memorial site is built on Israel trail near Moshav Lachish.