Channels

Scene of shooting

Man shot to death by police after aiming gun at them

During police operations to crack down on crime-ridden south Tel Aviv, four people were asked to identify themselves before one produced a gun and aimed it in their direction; Officers opened fire, three managed to flee the scene.

Police critically wounded a young man overnight Wednesday in Tel Aviv when a man aimed at them after they called on him to identify himself.

 

 

The suspect, said to be in his 30s, received emergency treatment from Magen David Adom paramedics before being evacuated to Ichilov Hospital where he sucummbed to his wounds. His identity is still as yet unknown,

 

The incident took place as police in the area were conducting operations in south Tel Aviv in an effort to crack down on crime in the area. Close to midnight, officers came across four people at Tel Aviv's central bs station and asked them to identify themselves. After one of the suspects pulled out a gun and aimed it at them, the officers immediately responded with live rounds. There were no further injuries.

 

Scene of shooting at Tel Aviv's central bus station (Motti Kimchi)
Scene of shooting at Tel Aviv's central bus station (Motti Kimchi)

 

The police said that the other suspects who managed to flee the scene were being pursued. The exact circumstances surrounding the event are yet to have been determined while .

 

Gun suspect pulled on the police
Gun suspect pulled on the police

 

This unusual incident took place in the wake of a spate of violence and murder which have transpired over the last two days in the Arab sector. On Wednesday morning, Mohamed Handawi, an 80-year-old bedouin from the bedouin community of Tuba-Zangariyye in northern Israel, was stabbed to death by a 15-year-old neighbor. The boy was arrested shortly thereafter.

 

Two days ago, Salem Abdallah, a 40-year-old woman from Kafr Yasif, also in northern Israel, was murdered while visiting her parents in the Galilee. She was found dead in the home with gunshot wounds. The same evening, yet another murder took place in Jadeidi-Makr near Acre in which a 42-year-old man was shot to death while his brother was lightly wounded.

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.28.16, 08:24
 new comment
Warning:
This will delete your current comment