2 Yr old baby hurt by rock slung with slingshot in leftist protest

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Jewish baby hurt by stone during leftist protest

Protestors at weekly east Jerusalem demonstration aim to force their way into Jewish home

Yair Altman
Published:    03.04.11, 17:11 / Israel News
   
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A Jewish baby sustained light head wounds during clashes between police forces and leftist demonstrators in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood Friday afternoon.

 
The protestors aimed to force their way into a Jewish home at the site but were countered by police deployed at the scene.

 
Three demonstrators were held for questioning following the incident.

 
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said the injured child is about two-years-old and was taken to hospital for treatment. He was apparently hurt after Arab youngsters hurled stones at one of the first neighborhood homes to house Jews, the Meyuchas House.

 
The baby was apparently hurt by a stone hurled using a slingshot. He was treated at the scene before being taken to Jerusalem's Hadassah Mount Scopus hospital.

 
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The stone throwers were dispersed by police forces at the scene using crowd-dispersal means.

 
Leftist activists and Arabs have been staging a weekly protest in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah for some months now. The protestors are demonstrating against the Jewish presence in the area, which they say is provocative and is forcing local Arab residents out of their homes.