Three siblings ages 8-15 wounded in Eilat drive-by shooting
Police said incident is criminal and not a terror attack.
By BEN HARTMAN
A drive-by shooting in Eilat left three siblings aged 8 to 15 moderately to seriously wounded near a busy mall in the center of the city Saturday night.Negev police said that around 9:15 they received a call of a shooting next to the Mul Hayam Mall in the city, and arrived to find a shot up vehicle and three wounded victims aged 8 to 15. The three siblings, all of who are not from Eilat, were sitting in the vehicle when shots were fired by a scooter that was then seen fleeing the area, police said.They added that not long after the incident a scooter was found torched next to a cemetery in the city and they are now trying to determine if it is connected to the shooting.Magen David Adom said that the wounded included a 15-year-old boy shot in the upper body and badly wounded, and his two sisters, ages 8 and 10, who were shot in the lower extremities and lightly wounded. All were taken to Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat.Police said Saturday night that the incident is criminal and not a terror attack, and that they view it with the utmost severity.
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