MDA: 2-year-old injured by stone hurling in J'lem
Emergency services report infant sustains head injury as result of stone hurling in capital. Police launch investigation, estimate incident is nationalistically motivated
Magen David Adom paramedics reported that a two-year-old girl sustained moderate injuries to her head on Thursday, while in a car traveling in Jerusalem.
According to reports, the infant, Avigail, was most likely hit with a stone that was thrown in the direction of the family car, as her mother, Shirin Ben Tzion, was driving.
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Police said the incident was most likely nationalistically motivated.
Paramedics evacuated the infant to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in the capital.
Paramedic Raphael Herbest said that "when we arrived at the scene we saw the infant was bleeding at the head. She was lethargic… we were told she was hit with a large stone that hit her head while she was in a car.
"We immediately started treating her and evacuated her. During treatment, she started to regain consciousness."
After the incident, Avigail's father noted that "the stone smashed the windshield. At first my wife thought she was hit and that it was a car crash. She saw my daughter's head was askew and my eldest, 5, crying. She pulled together and continued to drive."
The victim's grandfather said: "I was coming back from out of town and my daughter called me and told me that stones were thrown at her and that my granddaughter was hit. They threw a 1.5 kg stone. My daughter and my three grandchildren were out in a park and were on their way home to light Hanukkah candles."
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat visited the family in the hospital and later said: "It's time we address stones as weapons; penalization must be harsher. Police apprehends stone throwers, but if they are freed the next day this phenomenon will not be stopped."
Police launched an investigation in search of the suspects.
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