An officer was stabbed Wednesday during a protest by Ethiopian Israelis against the police's handling of an investigation into a deadly hit-and-run that killed an Ethiopian Israeli boy several months earlier.
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The policeman was hospitalized with a moderate wound at the Tel Aviv Sourasky (Ichilov) Medical Center, law enforcement said, adding that they were looking for the suspect who fled the scene.
Video: Protester injured after jumping off bridge while fleeing police / Free usage under Israeli copyright law (Section 27A)
Another three officers were lightly injured and 10 people were arrested.
Demonstrators demanded a proper investigation into the incident, accusing the police of leniency toward the driver who hit 4-year-old Rafael Adana in May.
Seventy-year-old Carol Fassler allegedly initially fled the scene but was later arrested along with her daughter, Heidi, who is suspected to have also been in the car at the time of the incident. Fassler reportedly drove straight to a car repair shop after hitting Adana in an attempt to repair the vehicle and conceal evidence.
Law enforcement said they would not charge Fassler with manslaughter and she would only be held accountable for fleeing the scene.
Adana was hospitalized after the hit-and-run and died several days later.
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