Man killed by mob after Israel bus attack

An Eritrean refugee shot by an Israeli security guard and then attacked by bystanders who mistook him for an assailant in a fatal bus station attack has died.

The mistaken shooting of the asylum-seeker, identified as Mulu Habtom Zerhom, reflects the nervousness among Israelis after months of seemingly random lone-wolf attacks by Palestinians.

Israel’s foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said: “It’s terrible. It shows you what a terrible situation we are in.”