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Sunday, March 1, 2015
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
Soccer team owner shot, lightly hurt
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli police say the owner of Beitar Jerusalem FC is wounded after he is shot by unidentified gunmen.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says Eli Tabib is slightly wounded when the assailants open fire on his car. Samri say the gunmen fled and that the motive for Saturday’s shooting was unclear.
Tabib is set to appear in court tomorrow to be sentenced following his conviction for assaulting a minor protesting outside his home. It was not clear if that incident is related to the shooting.
After being released from hospital, Tabib tells Israeli news site Ynet that he needed to “think hard about whether to stay in the world of soccer.”
Beitar is one of Israel’s flagship football franchises. Tabib has owned the club since 2013.
— AP
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