Police in Ashdod have killed a criminal who kidnapped a policewoman from the police station around 4 a.m. Tuesday. The drama began after police arrested the man for breaking into an apartment and took him to the police station.

He abducted the policewoman and escaped in a police car that he stole until he was shot and killed in a high-speed chase between Lod and Ben Gurion Airport. The woman was unharmed but suffered psychological trauma.