An Eritrean migrant 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 migrant, 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."
The daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot included the headline "Just because of his skin colour".
The attack, at the central bus station in the southern city of Beersheba, was among the bloodiest in a month-long wave of violence. A 19-year-old Israeli soldier was killed and nine people were wounded when an Arab assailant armed with a gun and knife opened fire.
Israeli news websites posted security camera footage that shows Mr Zerhom, crawling on the floor and a security guard shooting him. Footage also showed a mob of shouting Israelis crowded around the man. The man was attacked as an Israeli officer and some bystanders tried to protect him.
Police are seeking to arrest those Israeli civilians who "aggressively beat" and kicked the Eritrean man "while he lay on the floor and posed no threat".
During a month of violence, nine Israelis and the Eritrean have been killed in a wave of shootings and stabbings by Palestinian assailants. Forty-one Arabs - including 20 identified by Israel as attackers - have been killed, with the rest dying in clashes with Israeli troops.
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