WORLD : Israeli Attacks Arab Cab Driver
An Israeli man struck an Arab cab driver in the face with a hammer in Jewish West Jerusalem today, seriously injuring him, police said.
“An apparently Jewish passenger beat an Arab taxi driver in the face with a hammer on Hillel street,” a police statement said after the attack at noon. “The driver was taken to hospital.”
Army radio quoted witnesses as saying the attacker was not a passenger but approached the parked taxi with a hammer and assaulted the driver without saying a word. The radio said the assailant escaped.
Last month a deranged Israeli disguised as a soldier opened fire on a group of Palestinian laborers in central Israel, killing seven of them.
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