Memorials set for ex-Connecticut principal killed in Israel

October 30, 2015 12:00 am • Last Updated: October 30, 2015 11:58 pm

This undated file photo provided by the Lakin family shows, Richard Lakin, a dual Israeli-American citizen originally from Newton, Mass., who died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, after he was critically wounded in a Palestinian attack on a public bus in Jerusalem two weeks ago had died of his wounds. Memorial services for Lakin, a former Glastonbury, Conn. elementary school principal who was killed in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem have been scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. (Courtesy of the Lakin family via AP, File)

Hartford, Conn. — Memorial services for a former Glastonbury elementary school principal who was killed in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem have been scheduled for Glastonbury and West Hartford.

The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/1GPuxsT ) that services are set Sunday for Richard Lakin at Congregation Kol Haverim in Glastonbury. A community gathering also is scheduled Sunday at the Solomon Schechter Day School in West Hartford.

The 76-year-old Lakin died Tuesday in Israel. He was stabbed and shot Oct. 13 on a bus by two Palestinian men who stabbed and shot passengers. It was one of the bloodiest attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.

Lakin left as principal in Glastonbury in 1984 and moved to Israel with his wife and two children.

He was a civil rights activist in the 1960s and worked for peace and coexistence in Israel.

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