Police announce the arrest of three suspects linked to a blood feud that sparked a fatal shooting yesterday in downtown Lod.
Officers seized the gun used in the shooting, which took place in broad daylight after three men attempted to flee the shooter in a high-speed car chase through the mixed Jewish-Arab city.
The fleeing driver crashed the vehicle. The assassin then got out of his car, approached the three men with a rifle, and opened fire, killing one and injuring the other two.
In the shooting’s wake, law enforcement launched a “covert and targeted” operation against the two warring families, police say.
Central District police and National Guard forces seized gun parts, stolen army ammunition, and more than NIS 1 million ($323,582) from a home belonging to one of the families. The operation is ongoing, police add.
The victim of yesterday’s shooting, Omar Taysir al-Shamali, is the 27th Arab citizen to fall victim to homicide, as Israel’s Arab minority grows more vocal in its demand that police stem violent crime in their communities.
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