Itongadol.- The Border Police officer who was killed in Wednesday\’s vehicular terror attack in Jerusalem was laid to rest at the military section of Beit Jann cemetery on Thursday.
Thousands of people attended the funeral of Jidan Assad, 38, including Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch.
Assad was killed when a Palestinian rammed his car into pedestrians near the light rail track in Jerusalem.
He leaves behind his pregnant wife and young son along with his parents and four siblings.
Fourteen others were hurt in the attack, including three other Border Police officer who suffered serious wounds.
Aharonovitch said that Assad "was murdered yesterday with heartless cruelty and taken evilly from his wife, his son and his parents."
The Yisrael Beytenu minister accused the Palestinian Authority and its president, Mahmoud Abbas, of being responsible for the attack.