The suspect who opened fire in the village of Kfar Sulam overnight and was neutralized by police is a relative of the 64-year-old woman shot there on Monday, according to Channel 12's Or Ravid. His brother, a dermatologist, was also moderately wounded by police fire during the incident.
The Zioneer reported early Wednesday that the suspect who opened fire in Kfar Sulam overnight is a relative of the 64-year-old woman shot there on Monday, and that the suspect's brother—a dermatologist by profession—was moderately wounded by police fire during the incident. The development rounds out a sequence of details that emerged late Tuesday night.
At 23:58 Jerusalem on Tuesday, initial reports from i24NEWS described a shooting in Sulam that left one man moderately wounded and the shooter neutralized by police. Minutes later, Channel 12's Or Ravid reported that police identified the suspect as Rami Shelbi, a local resident, and said the shooting occurred during a call to a family conflict. Shortly after, The Zioneer reported that the suspect is a relative of the 64-year-old woman shot in the village on Monday, and that his brother was moderately wounded by police fire. The incident has been treated as criminal in nature.
The event adds to a series of violent incidents in Arab communities in recent weeks, as The Zioneer has reported. On July 2, police investigated a shooting in Lod possibly linked to a clan crime feud. On July 6, several people were wounded in Ar'ara after police fired at suspects. On July 11, MK Walid al-Hawashla called for an investigation into a police shooting of a teen in Segev Shalom. Separately, a 74-year-old woman was seriously wounded in Kfar Sulam on Tuesday morning, though it is not yet clear if the incidents are connected.
It remains unclear what condition the suspect's brother is in beyond the initial report of moderate wounds, and police have not disclosed further details on the family conflict or the motive for the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.
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