Wiam Faysal, 18, has died after being shot at a convenience store in Haifa, Israeli media report. The shooting is part of a broader wave of criminal violence in the city that has now claimed four lives in recent days.
A fourth person has died in the wave of criminal shootings that has gripped Haifa since late last week. On Saturday morning, 18-year-old Wiam Faysal was pronounced dead after being shot at a convenience store, Israeli media reported. The death brings the toll from the recent violence to four.
The incident is the latest in a sequence of shootings that began late Thursday, July 2, when 18-year-old Jonathan Khoury was killed in what police initially misreported as a traffic accident before correcting to a shooting. As The Zioneer reported on July 2, journalist Or Ravid published footage of the murder. By Friday, July 3, two additional victims — a Haifa resident in his 20s and another person — had died of their wounds, with police citing a criminal motive.
The violence is part of a broader organized crime feud in the Arab sector of northern Israel, The Zioneer previously reported. On June 30, suspected targeted killing of a man linked to a major crime family was reported, and on July 2, police were investigating whether the kiosk shooting was connected to a bloody clan-and-crime feud.
No official police statement has been issued on Saturday's death, and the circumstances remain under investigation. It is not yet clear whether the fourth victim is directly linked to the same feud.
5 developments
- DevelopingOr Ravid publishes footage of Haifa murder that killed 18-year-old Jonathan Khoury
- StrongPolice probe whether Haifa kiosk shooting is part of ongoing Arab-sector crime feud
- StrongTwo teens wounded in Jaffa shooting, one critically
- StrongMan, 30, murdered in Yafia — eighth killing in Arab sector this week
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