Lod counts its losses: Torched synagogues and coexistence in this Jewish-Arab city haaretz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from haaretz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Violent clashes began Tuesday in the funeral procession of the killed rioter Musa Hasuna, which attracted thousands of local Arabs and increased police presence. Some of the participants in the funeral procession threw stones at police officers who stood in their way, They set several fires and burned a police car and scooter. Two police officers were injured.
Police responded with stun grenades and sponge bullets. Later in the evening on Tuesday, there was no police presence in the conflict zones, and rioters took advantage of the vacuum and set fire to a bus at the central depot, burned a car belonging to a Jewish family, set fire to the city’s open market, and tore out curbstones. They also burned and ripped off security cameras.