 The two drove to the Beit Rimon junction in the Northern District of Israel, where they saw the soldier, Corporal Oleg Shaichat, who was hitchhiking home from his military base in Safed.Shaichat entered their vehicle and sat beside the driver while the other assailant sat behind him.At one point, the vehicle drove onto a side road, where the two assailants fought with Shaichat, strangled him to death and stole his personal weapon.