BREAKING NEWS

Clash in east Jerusalem leaves one dead

A resident of the east Jerusalem neighborhood of A-Tor was killed and another seriously wounded in a clash that erupted between families on Friday night.
According to an initial police investigation, on Friday night, a 22-year-old member the Abu Ghanem family seriously wounded a 23-year-old man from the Abu Wahl family when he shot him in the head.
In the mayhem that followed, the gun was allegedly accidentally fired, hitting 40-year-old Muhammad Abu Ghanem, a member of the shooter’s family.
Both casualties were rushed to Jerusalem’s Hadassah-University Hospital at Mt. Scopus, where the elder Abu Ghanem.
The young man suspected of shooting fled the scene with his gun and police were searching for him.