Second Haifa Convenience-Store Shooting Victim Dies
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Rambam Hospital doctors declared 17-year-old Wiam Faysal dead from wounds suffered in the Haifa convenience-store shooting on Sderot HaHagana. Jonathan William Khoury, 18, was killed at the scene on Thursday just after midnight, and one more young man remains hospitalized. Police said preliminary evidence points to a criminal shooting, opened searches for suspects and gave the case to the Carmel district crime unit. The murder count in Arab society rose to 149 this year. Israel must restore deterrence against organized crime while protecting law-abiding Arab citizens.
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Sources factually differ only on the remaining wounded victim's condition. Israel Hayom quotes Rambam saying a third young man is still hospitalized in very serious condition, while Ynet's current report says one additional person was seriously hurt, and Walla's first report described two evacuated victims in critical or serious condition before Faysal died. The agreed facts are that Wiam Faysal, 17, died at Rambam after the Haifa convenience-store shooting; Jonathan William Khoury, 18, was killed at the scene; police treated the case as criminal and searched for suspects; and the Arab-community murder count reached 149.
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