March 18, 2013

(JTA) — An Israeli man in his 60s was wounded after a gunman in a passing car shot him in the leg while he was waiting at a bus stop in the West Bank.

The incident, according to the Jerusalem Post, took place Monday morning at Kedumim Junction in the northern West Bank.

The man was treated by paramedics at the scene and then taken to a hospital. The Post reported that he is in light to moderate condition.

Police and the Israel Defense Forces have put up roadblocks in the area in order to find the gunman.

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