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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Four gunned down in Abu Snan, as Arab crime wave continues unchecked
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Illustrative: Police at the scene of a shooting in the central Arab city of Tira, August 21, 2023. (Israel Police)
Four people were killed in a shooting in the northern Arab town of Abu Snan, Magen David Adom says.
Medics were forced to declare their deaths shortly after arriving at the scene.
One of the victims was a candidate for mayor in the upcoming municipal elections in Abu Snan, Channel 12 says.
The shooting comes hours after a 30-year-old Arab Israeli was seriously wounded in the southern Bedouin town of Rahat.
The deaths Monday brought the number of fatalities linked to criminal violence in Israel’s Arab community to 156 since the start of the year, mostly in shootings. During the same time frame last year, 68 were killed.
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