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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Man said to break into hospital, shoot dead his terminally ill wife, commit suicide
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA man has entered Shamir Medical Center near Tel Aviv, killed his wife — a terminally ill patient — and then committed suicide, Hebrew-language media reports.
The reports say the 76-year-old man broke into the hospital, also known as Assaf Harofeh, with a gun. He shot his wife dead and then shot himself.
The bullet grazed the leg of a patient in an adjacent room, the reports say.
Police are on their way to the scene.
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