A man in his 30s was shot dead in Lod today, paramedics and police spokespeople say.
Paramedics called to the scene found the victim unconscious without a pulse and took him to a nearby hospital, where medical staff pronounced him dead.
Spokespeople report that also this afternoon further south, a 14-year old boy was severely injured in a shooting that took place in the Bedouin town of Shaqib al-Salam, also known as Segev Shalom, near Beersheba.
Police say they are investigating both shootings and do not suspect a terror motive in either. No suspects have been arrested so far.
The Lod shooting victim is the second person killed today as a result of violent crime racking Arab society. This morning, 56-year-old Salem Qasoum was shot dead near the Arab Galilee town of I’billin in what officers also are calling a criminal incident.
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