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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
1 killed, several hurt in Tel Aviv clashes between Eritrean migrants
A man critically hurt during a brawl in south Tel Aviv between supporters and opponents of Eritrea’s regime has died of his wounds.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service says five other people were wounded in the clashes, three of them seriously.
עימותים בין אריתראים מתנגדי משטר ותומכי המשטר בשכונת התקווה בתל אביב, כולל השלכת אבנים, שימוש באלות ודוקרנים. המשטרה במקום ופועלת לפיזור המתפרעים@AnnaPines_ pic.twitter.com/x3ELBDzw9K
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) May 27, 2024
There has previously been similar violence among Eritrean migrants in both Israel and elsewhere, including major clashes in Tel Aviv last September in which at least 170 people were hurt — including police officers.
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