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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Two arrested for attacking protesters at pro-Palestinian rally in Chicago
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTwo people were arrested after police say one man fired a shot into the air and another pepper-sprayed pro-Palestinian demonstrators near an Israel solidarity event in Chicago’s northern suburbs.
The episode took place yesterday evening around a banquet hall in Skokie, where about 1,000 people had gathered to show solidarity with Israel, according to event organizers.
A group of about 200 pro-Palestinian protesters staged their own rally near the hall. A man reportedly drove his car into the group, got out and fired a shot before police said they took him into custody. A witness told the Chicago Sun-Times that the man’s car had been covered in Israeli flags, the newspaper reported.
A man coming out of the banquet hall wearing an Israeli flag as a cape sprayed the crowd with pepper spray before he was arrested. No one was seriously hurt in the melee, but the pepper spray hit several protesters, a Chicago police officer and a Sun-Times reporter.
So in the city of Skokie, #Illinois , a men tried to assault a woman at a Pro Palestine protest.
Then he pulled a gun. Police did its job quickly.#Israel #Palestine #Iran #Lebanon #Syria #Turkey #USA #Yemen #Pakistan #Iraq #Saudi_Arabia #China #Russia #Jordan #Egypt #Qatar pic.twitter.com/fGRpeQGLKt— Where Are We Going? (@Nic40424149) October 24, 2023
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