Cops issue correction, say police dog wasn’t killed in blast that wounded officers

In an update correcting an earlier statement, police say that a police dog was not, in fact, killed in an explosion that went off this morning in Jaljulia. They say it is “unharmed and has been taken for a medical examination.”

The explosion went off in a home in the Arab town, injuring two officers, where police and National Guard officers had been searching for illegal weapons. Hebrew media reports that the two cops were moderately wounded in the blast.

Both injured officers were shuttled to a nearby hospital in the wake of the incident, a spokesman says.

Contradicting the police report, however, the Magen David Adom emergency service says three officers, all lightly wounded and fully conscious with surface-level injuries from shrapnel, were taken to Meir Medical Center for treatment.

Bomb disposal experts from the Central District police are working to clear the house of any other explosives and secure the area.

Police launched an investigation into the blast and have already arrested five people in connection to the incident.