Two cops injured in roof collapse while pursuing suspect
One officer lightly wounded, the other seriously after chasing a believed robber onto a factory roof in Kibbutz Yagur
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An Israeli policeman's uniform, illustrative. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Two police officers were injured early Tuesday when a roof they were standing on while pursuing suspected robbers caved in.
The incident took place at Kibbutz Yagur near Haifa. The two officers, ages 30 and 40, responded to a call about a suspected breaking-and-entering incident.
They chased a believed robber onto the roof of a factory in the kibbutz, but the roof collapsed under their weight.
The were evacuated by ambulances from the Magen David Adom and Ichud Hatzalah rescue services to Haifa’s Rambam Hospital.
Medics said the 30-year-old officer was lightly to moderately injured from blows to his lower torso sustained during the fall. The 40-year-old officer is in moderate to serious condition from wounds to his stomach and chest.
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