Date: Saturday, 30 September 2023
A Sudanese asylum seeker was killed and nine Eritreans were injured in two incidents in Tel Aviv's Hatikvah neighborhood early on Saturday morning, Israel Police said.
Fifteen asylum seekers were arrested by police for involved in a suspect knife brawl in which 10 Eritreans were injured.
At least 160 people were injured in total, eight in a serious condition, 13 in moderate, and 93 sustaining light injuries. The Eritreans were shouting, waving sticks and throwing stones to protest their government and a cultural event it was hosting in the city.
In a separate incident early on Saturday morning, an asylum seeker was killed in a suspected drug-related conflict with local criminals.