More than 100 people, including at least 12 Eritrean asylum seekers, were injured in Israel on Saturday in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between supporters of the African country’s government and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki.
Israeli police used flash bombs to stop the riots, while some of the protesters hurled stones at police and set fire to garbage cans, according to Reuters reporters.
According to hospital sources, first aid was administered to more than 114 people. Some 30 police officers were among the injured. The Ichilov hospital reported that 38 wounded were taken there and about ten of them had bullet wounds.
Police said 39 suspects were arrested for “attacking police officers and throwing stones”. Some were carrying ‘guns, gas grenades, and taser guns’.