Mother of 4 shot in Lod; dies of wounds at hospital

Despite deployment of Border Police in city, the shooting is the third homicide in Lod this month and the thirteenth murder in two years.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN
In yet another brutal homicide in the city of Lod, a mother of four was gunned down as she entered her vehicle near her home on Tuesday night. 
The woman was rushed by unknown individuals to the Assaf Harofe Hospital in Tzriffin, where doctors pronounced her dead. Those who brought the woman to hospital left without being identified. 
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Large numbers of police were mobilized to the scene and a homicide investigation has been launched. 
The shooting is the third homicide in Lod this month and the thirteenth murder in two years. 
Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch had recently deployed large numbers of Border Police to Lod in an effort to quell the growing violence in the city following a spate of shootings.
Earlier this month, a 27-year-old mother of three was shot dead from close range in her car before her two young children. 
A 48-year-old man was also shot dead this month in his car before his daughter near city hall.