Mayor of Arab town shot and moderately wounded in suspected criminal attack

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The Israel Police announced today (Sunday) that they have opened an investigation into a shooting incident in the city of Araba, which resulted in two men being moderately injured - one of whom is the mayor of Araba. The police officers who were dispatched to the scene began searching for suspects in the shooting and began investigating the circumstances of the incident. The current mayor of Araba is Dr. Ahmed Nassar, who was elected to the posi…

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Residents in the city said that the mayor, Ahmed Nasser, received threats from criminals who demanded to win municipal tenders. Medical sources: He was shot four times in the legs. A city council member was moderately injured

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Araba Mayor Ahmed Nassar and the head of the city's popular committee, Munir Yassin, were moderately injured this evening (Sunday) in a shooting in the city. The police have opened an investigation. The background is a criminal incident. The two were injured in the shooting inside a bakery in the city, and the police were rushed to the scene of the incident. Police: "We have begun searches to locate suspects in the shooting." According to eyewit…

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Avraham Initiatives said in response to the shooting: "Violence in Arab society crosses a red line today when the fire is aimed at an elected official." • The two were shot while dining together in a restaurant • Haim Bivas, chairman of the Local Government Center and mayor of Modi'in Maccabim Re'ut: "What are we waiting for? For a mayor to be murdered here?"