Armored Corps soldier shot in neck at base in North after colleague's weapon accidentally discharges.
By YAAKOV KATZ
A soldier from Battalion 77 of the Armored Corps was critically injured on Tuesday after he was accidentally shot by a fellow soldier who was cleaning his weapon in a base in the North. Earlier in the day, an IDF officer on reserve duty in the South sustained moderate wounds after a mine he was working to neutralize exploded.
The reserve officer, from the Engineering Corps, sustained injuries to his hand during a training exercise at the Tze'elim Base in the south.
In the afternoon, at an IDF base along the Lebanese border, a soldier from Battalion 77 was critically wounded after he sustained a gunshot wound to the neck from a bullet accidentally fired by a fellow soldier who was cleaning his weapon nearby.
Military Police were alerted to the scene and launched an investigation into the shooting and a colonel was appointed by the Northern Command to probe the incident. The wounded soldier was airlifted to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
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