Chen Schwartz, the soldier shot in the stomach Monday at the Mount Scopus tunnels, continues to recover, after undergoing surgery at Hadassah-Mount Scopus Medical Center. He is now in moderate-serious condition, Israel Radio reports.
The shooting took place on Hanadiv Street, which separates the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz from the Hebrew University. The soldier, 20, was rushed to the nearby hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.
Security personnel at the scene where a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on a soldier near Jerusalem’s Hebrew University on Mt. Scopus, August 4, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Security forces chased the gunman, who had reportedly escaped into Wadi al-Joz. A security guard opened fire on the gunman, police said.
Jerusalem police chief Yossi Pariente said the soldier was “shot at close range by a man dressed in black,” adding that the shooting was, with “very, very high likelihood,” a terror attack.
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