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Fri 25 Aug 2023 12:38 pm - Jerusalem Time

A gunman shot six athletes in Hebron

Police spokesman, Colonel Louay Arziqat, stated that the police arrested one of the two people who opened fire on the Khalil Al-Rahman cycling team this morning, in Hebron.


Dr. Farouk Ashour of the Khalil Rahman cycling team said that a gunman fired his pistol and wounded 6 of the team members with minor injuries.


Ashour added in a recorded video: "The gunman fired his gun between my legs, and I was hit by shrapnel. He also shot between the riders' legs, and five of us were also wounded by shrapnel."


Ashour explained that the riders team was at Al-Tahrir Square, south of Hebron, at 6:00 am today, and was preparing for its weekly tour, when the gunman attacked them.



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A gunman shot six athletes in Hebron

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