Jerusalem: Arab killed in brawl with Jews
Early morning fight in city center claims life of 24-year-old man from east Jerusalem village of Akab. Police say some of people involved in incident were intoxicated; two arrested
According to the police, some of the people involved in the fight were intoxicated. Two of them were arrested.
Two people were seriously and light injured in the incident. The victim was evacuated by a Magen David Adom crew to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where he died of his wounds shortly afterwards. His body was transferred to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute.
Zabi Sofer, a volunteer in the Ichud Hatzalah organization, was one of the first to arrive at the scene. "We found a young man sitting on a chair, bleeding from his neck intensively. We stopped the bleeding and waited for a Magen David Adom ambulance. He was still conscious and spoke to us, and even said he wasn't feeling well.
One of suspects in court (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
According to Sofer, the injured man's condition quickly deteriorated. "His friend, who tried to help him until we arrived, was suffering from superficial wounds in the neck as well, but luckily they weren't too deep," he said.
'Arabs harassing Jewish girls'
The circumstances of the incident are still unclear, but members of the right-wing Lehava organization were not surprised. "The situation in Jerusalem is toxic," a group official said.
The organization, which aims to "prevent assimilation in the Holy Land, claimed that "Arabs are harassing and ruining the reputation of Jewish girls from nationalistic motives, and under these circumstances it's no surprise that there are Jewish youths who are not ready to practice restraint and turn a blind eye to the situation."
The police were on high alert across the capital on Friday morning for fear of disturbances due to the popular uprising in Egypt. Forces were deployed around the Temple Mount and in the Old City alleys ahead of the Friday prayers.
A similar incident took place in Jerusalem's city center in August 2010, when Lance Wolf, a 60-year-old American Jew, was beaten to death by two teens due to his refusal to give them a cigarette.
Wolf lost his consciousness and lay bleeding while passersby did nothing, and rescue forces were alerted only after 50 minutes had gone by. He then taken by paramedics to Hadassah Ein Kerem, where he eventually died of his wounds.
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