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Former Hitman Shot Dead at Bus Stop While En Route to Work
Eyal Haib, a 37-year-old inmate on a work-release program, was shot and killed Friday morning at a bus stop in northern Israel while on his way to his rehabilitation factory job. Police are investigating the incident as criminal.
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What happened
- 01Eyal Haib, a 37-year-old inmate, was shot and killed at a bus stop in northern Israel on Friday.
- 02Haib was on a work-release program from prison, serving an 18-year sentence for manslaughter.
- 03Police are investigating the shooting as having a criminal background.
- 04The incident occurred after a night of violence across Israel with multiple other victims.
- 05Haib was convicted in a 2014 murder-for-hire case, hired to inflict severe injury.
- 06197 people have been murdered in the Arab community in Israel this year.
Haib was serving an 18-year sentence for manslaughter since 2015, convicted in a 2014 murder-for-hire case. The shooting followed a night of violence across Israel with multiple fatalities and injuries, primarily attributed to criminal activity.
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