A 16-year-old boy was shot dead in Jaffa on Thursday evening, Magen David Adom reported. A 17-year-old was moderately wounded. Police assess the background is criminal. The killing comes less than 24 hours after a 19-year-old woman was fatally shot in Ramla on Wednesday.
A 16-year-old boy was shot dead in Jaffa on Thursday evening, and a 17-year-old was moderately wounded, according to Magen David Adom and Israeli media reports. The shooting took place at a grocery store on Eben Rushed Street, where the 16-year-old was hit in the head and was pronounced dead at Wolfson Medical Center. Police suspect a criminal motive.
As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday, a 19-year-old woman was fatally shot in Ramla less than 24 hours before this incident, during a night of violent crime in central Israel. The Jaffa shooting marks a second fatal shooting in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area within two days.
The younger victim was initially reported as 15, but subsequent reports from MDA and news outlets confirmed his age as 16. The 17-year-old was shot in the legs. No arrests have been reported. The background remains under investigation.
8 developments
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