Police have arrested eight suspects linked to a shooting that left a man critically injured last night in Or Akiva, law enforcement announces.
The wounded man, a resident of the city, had been involved in organized crime, reports Channel 12 News.
Police reportedly believe the victim met his two assailants, both members of a rival gang who had served long prison sentences, late at night with the aim of reconciliation. But that turned out to be a ruse when the pair opened fire on him.
“They just sprayed him. The man was very surprised and didn’t have time to react,” recalled an eyewitness near the scene of the incident to Channel 12. The man’s friends drove him to an MDA ambulance and handed him over to paramedics, who took him to the hospital.
Police detained eight people for questioning and seized several vehicles that were used in the ambush, law enforcement says. The suspects will be brought to the Hadera Magistrate’s Court to have their detention extended.
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