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Israelis Use Unconventional Weapons to Fight Attackers

(Ha'aretz) Allison Kaplan Sommer - When confronted with attacks, bystanders are responsible for subduing a terrorist using whatever objects are handy until police can reach the scene. In Ra'anana, real estate agent Michael Rehavi grabbed an umbrella after hearing the screams of the victim of the knife attack on the street steps away. Using it as a baton, he said, he hit the terrorist repeatedly and "neutralized" him. In Jerusalem, a bystander told a television reporter that he ran outside to take on a terrorist with a selfie stick. On Monday, Yair Ben-Shabat told reporters that he hit the attacker with the nunchaku sticks he carried for self-defense, a Japanese martial arts weapon.
2015-10-16 00:00:00
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