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Friday, May 14, 2021
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Friday, May 14, 2021
Police shoot, wound youth trying to throw firebomb in Lod
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice say they have shot and wounded a person trying to throw a firebomb towards a municipal hall in the embattled city.
The Haaretz website says the person shot is 15 years old.
Police say he was hit in the legs and lightly wounded. Police use a 22-caliber Ruger sniper rifle, which is considered less lethal than standard issue rifles, and is sometimes used for riot control.
Lod has seen some of the worst Jewish-Arab violence in recent days.
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