On 1 June 2008 at around 5:00 p.m., an Israeli settler driving in the South Hebron Hills killed three goats and injured two others while on the settler bypass road, Route 317. A local Palestinian shepherd from the village of Ma’in was on his way home, bringing his flock across the road from a nearby field where he had been grazing his animals. The settler aimed his car, and rammed into three of the goats. He then redirected his car and aimed for more, hitting an additional two. The assault killed three goats and broke the legs of two surviving animals.