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350 Policemen Chasing Car Thief Suspected of Stabbing Officer in Rehovot
"A Rehovot policeman was stabbed in the head yesterday, possibly with a screwdriver, while attempting to arrest suspected car thieves from the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva in the Negev. Policeman Shlomi Asulin - a 27-year-old father of two from Kiryat Malakhi - is being treated for cerebral bleeding at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and is in critical condition.
Some 350 police officers, including mounted policemen and a police helicopter, were searching last night for the alleged assailant, Ratab Abu Issa, 23, who fled the scene after the attack. Abu Issa's suspected partner was captured by police after a struggle, during which he sustained light to moderate injuries. After he was arrested, police discovered that he is a prisoner on furlough. He had been sentenced to jail for auto theft.
"This is the kind of incident police officers encounter every day, and it is a worrying one," said Central District commander Dudi Cohen. "They have no limits."
The attack took place shortly before 5 P.M. yesterday, after police on patrol duty in Rehovot received information about two suspects in a Mitsubishi jeep reported stolen from Rishon Letzion the night before. Police pursued the suspects and attempted to arrest them at a garage in the industrial zone of Rehovot. The suspects resisted arrest, and Abu Issa is suspected of then using a screwdriver or another sharp object to stab Asulin in the head.
Police detectives arrived at the scene and opened fire on Abu Issa, who fled to a nearby orchard, apparently uninjured. Witnesses said his partner ran into the garage, where he was subsequently captured.
"I was in the garage and suddenly I saw three detectives running into the garage after an Arab who ran away from them," said a garage employee who witnessed part of the incident. "At the same time I heard gunfire from outside. One of the policemen said there was someone wounded. I went outside and saw the policeman lying on his back and bleeding. I asked him where he was wounded and he couldn't speak. He mouthed that he was wounded in the head. I called for help."
The second suspected car thief tried to flee yet another time, after police captured him in the garage and handcuffed him, the witness reported. The suspect was taken to Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot for treatment of injuries he sustained while resisting arrest."
Source: Yuval Azoulay. 350 policemen chasing car thief suspected of stabbing officer. Haaretz.com (7 January 2007) [FullText and Picture]
Some 350 police officers, including mounted policemen and a police helicopter, were searching last night for the alleged assailant, Ratab Abu Issa, 23, who fled the scene after the attack. Abu Issa's suspected partner was captured by police after a struggle, during which he sustained light to moderate injuries. After he was arrested, police discovered that he is a prisoner on furlough. He had been sentenced to jail for auto theft.
"This is the kind of incident police officers encounter every day, and it is a worrying one," said Central District commander Dudi Cohen. "They have no limits."
The attack took place shortly before 5 P.M. yesterday, after police on patrol duty in Rehovot received information about two suspects in a Mitsubishi jeep reported stolen from Rishon Letzion the night before. Police pursued the suspects and attempted to arrest them at a garage in the industrial zone of Rehovot. The suspects resisted arrest, and Abu Issa is suspected of then using a screwdriver or another sharp object to stab Asulin in the head.
Police detectives arrived at the scene and opened fire on Abu Issa, who fled to a nearby orchard, apparently uninjured. Witnesses said his partner ran into the garage, where he was subsequently captured.
"I was in the garage and suddenly I saw three detectives running into the garage after an Arab who ran away from them," said a garage employee who witnessed part of the incident. "At the same time I heard gunfire from outside. One of the policemen said there was someone wounded. I went outside and saw the policeman lying on his back and bleeding. I asked him where he was wounded and he couldn't speak. He mouthed that he was wounded in the head. I called for help."
The second suspected car thief tried to flee yet another time, after police captured him in the garage and handcuffed him, the witness reported. The suspect was taken to Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot for treatment of injuries he sustained while resisting arrest."
Source: Yuval Azoulay. 350 policemen chasing car thief suspected of stabbing officer. Haaretz.com (7 January 2007) [FullText and Picture]
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