developing· Security· Updated
Arab Community Sees 200th Victim as Woman Dies After Grenade Attack
Lina Qassem Zidan, a 51-year-old resident of Daliyat al-Karmel, was killed on Saturday when a grenade was thrown at a business in the Lower Galilee village of Kafr Manda. Three other people were injured in the blast, which occurred in a crowded area.
3 newsrooms · 2 languages · since
What happened
- 01Lina Qassem Zidan, 51, was killed on Saturday in a grenade attack at a business in Kafr Manda.
- 02Three other people were injured in the explosion, with two sustaining moderate injuries and one suffering light injuries.
- 03The victims were evacuated by emergency medical teams to Rambam Hospital in Haifa and the Italian Hospital in Nazareth.
- 04The Israel Police have opened an investigation into the attack, for which the motive remains unclear.
- 05According to Alarab, the same business in Kafr Manda was targeted by a similar grenade attack one week earlier.
- 06Zidan, a resident of Daliyat al-Karmel, is the 20th woman murdered in Israel's Arab community this year.
- 07Her death marks the 200th violent death in the Arab community since the beginning of the year.
According to Alarab, the target of the attack was a commercial store, while Ynet reported it was a restaurant. The explosion injured three other individuals, including a man and a woman in their 50s who sustained moderate injuries, and another person who was lightly injured. Emergency medical teams treated the victims at the scene and evacuated them to Rambam Hospital in Haifa and the Italian Hospital in Nazareth.
The Israel Police have opened an investigation into the incident. According to Alarab, the same business was targeted by a similar grenade attack approximately one week prior, and the motive remains unclear. Zidan is the 20th woman murdered in the Arab community in Israel this year, and her death marks the 200th violent death in the community since the beginning of the year.
Summarized by baba from the reports of 3 newsrooms. Updated
Latest report: Alarab. Read Alarab’s originalThe coverage
3 newsrooms on this story
Who covered it
- LeftNone
- Centre2
- RightNone
- HarediNone
- Arab1
