Israel Matzav

Shots fired at Pisgat Zev

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.

Shots were fired at Jerusalem's Pisgat Zev neighborhood on Friday evening from the 'Palestinian refugee camp' in Shuafat.

Before Shabbat began on Friday evening, residents of the northern Jerusalem neighborhood Pisgat Ze'ev reported to the 100 police emergency hotline that they heard gunshots from the adjacent Arab neighborhood of Shuafat towards their direction.

Police forces that arrived on the scene found two bullets, one lodged in the rear windshield of a car and the other in the garden of an apartment on Eliyahu Meridor Street in the neighborhood. No residents were wounded by the gunfire.

Border Patrol forces conducted a search for the culprits in Shuafat, but still have not apprehended any suspects. Jerusalem police have stated that the incident is very serious, and that great efforts will be made to locate the responsible parties.

For those of you sitting in the US wondering what the big deal is about a few gunshots, please realize that such incidents are few and far between here.

Labels: Jerusalem, Pisgat Zev, Shuafat

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:09 AM