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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 22, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Man shot to death in Jerusalem scuffle named
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAuthorities have released the name of the Jewish Israeli killed in a scuffle with soldiers in Jerusalem late Wednesday night as Simha Hodedatov, 28, from Jerusalem.
הותר לפרסום שמו של ההרוג היהודי שנורה אתמול בי-ם לאחר שניסה לחטוף נשק מחיילים: שמחה חודדטוב (28) מי-ם pic.twitter.com/swfYlYK76p
— רועי ינובסקי (@Roi_Yanovsky) October 22, 2015
Hodedatov, originally from Dagestan, worked as a security guard in a yeshiva. He was on a bus when he demanded soldiers show him their ID. When they in turn demanded his ID, he fought with them and tried to grab a gun, leading them to shoot him, according to an initial investigation.
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