JERUSALEM (AFP) -- A Palestinian threw acid at a family of Israelis picking up a hitchhiker in the West Bank Friday before being shot and wounded, residents and the army said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that a vehicle carrying a family of five picked up a hitchhiker near the tunnel checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
"A vehicle carrying a family with four girls stopped to pick up a hitchhiker" near a checkpoint outside Bethlehem and close to the Gush Etzion settlement area, an army statement said.
A Palestinian man standing next to the hitchhiker threw acid at both him and the family when the car stopped, it said.
Initially the army said the attacker was a hitchhiker but later revised its statement.
Israeli news site Ynet said three young children aged 8-10 suffered light burn wounds and a 40-year-old man suffered burns to his face and eyes.
Another Israeli civilian shot the suspect in the leg as he fled, the Israeli spokeswoman added.
The suspect was identified as Jamal Abd al-Majid Ghayatha, 45, from the village of Nahalin.
Palestinian residents said he was mentally unstable and had received treatment at a mental health clinic in Bethlehem. He had been arrested before, they added.
He was taken to Hadassa hospital for treatment.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that a vehicle carrying a family of five picked up a hitchhiker near the tunnel checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
"A vehicle carrying a family with four girls stopped to pick up a hitchhiker" near a checkpoint outside Bethlehem and close to the Gush Etzion settlement area, an army statement said.
A Palestinian man standing next to the hitchhiker threw acid at both him and the family when the car stopped, it said.
Initially the army said the attacker was a hitchhiker but later revised its statement.
Israeli news site Ynet said three young children aged 8-10 suffered light burn wounds and a 40-year-old man suffered burns to his face and eyes.
Another Israeli civilian shot the suspect in the leg as he fled, the Israeli spokeswoman added.
The suspect was identified as Jamal Abd al-Majid Ghayatha, 45, from the village of Nahalin.
Palestinian residents said he was mentally unstable and had received treatment at a mental health clinic in Bethlehem. He had been arrested before, they added.
He was taken to Hadassa hospital for treatment.
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