Posted on 07/06/2005 2:14:57 PM PDT by Alouette
A driver who made a wrong turn and entered Kfar Chabad on Tuesday night says he was nearly lynched by residents and security officials in the ultra-Orthodox village outside Tel Aviv.
The driver was on his way to Jerusalem when he inadvertently entered Kfar Chabad.
He said local security officers began to chase him and opened fire on his vehicle. Local residents joined in the chase, throwing stones and concrete blocks at him, the driver said. Other residents were apparently wielding axes.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
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Sounds like all the highly publicized "hate crimes" that turn out to be lies or even fakes.
Undoubted BS, unless he was dressed like a tranny at Mardi Gras.
This story would be like J-Witnesses or Mormons on a mission chasing someone away.
He was probably swarmed by yeshivah bochurs needing a tenth for a minyan and freaked out!
Geeez....talk about a neighborhood watch!
NeverGore :^)
"Other residents were apparently wielding axes."
LOL!! 
Those rowdy Orthodox....
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It sounds like the residents were wise to the scam and were waiting for the scumbag when he tried to do it. His car was probably full of nails and cans of oil.
Can't wait for the "investigation".
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The first of many near lynchings we'll be reading about.
Well, on its surface it is a police crime report: "Police opened an investigation into the incident and are attempting to track down suspects". Assuming that both the driver and the reporter would face penalties for filing a false report with the police, or for inventing the whole story, one could safely wait for the results of police investigation before knee-jerk labeling the whole story "BS".
Ha'aretz has run false stories and has been successfully sued for libel and defamation, however they don't give a flying flip.
Chabad does not beat up outsiders, they usually engage in fisticuffs only with their own members :).
Well, I would not keep Chabad above suspicion any more than I would the newspaper reporter or the driver. If it is a bogus story, Chabad will sue, and hopefully win. If the story is genuine - police might sort it out, and hopefully will do so.
JPost has a different version:
Residents of Kfar Chabad attacked a driver, a 30-year-old resident of Rimonim, who accidentally drove into the village overnight Wednesday. The residents chased after him and even shot at his car because, according to them, they thought he was a thief, Army Radio reported. As a result, the driver swerved into parked cars along the side of the road.
The driver had gotten lost on his way to Jerusalem when he wandered into the village.
Police called to the scene evacuated the driver when they discovered that the car had been hit by gunfire.
Residents claim that the man, who was parked on one of the streets in the village, aroused the guards' suspicions. According to them, the man attempted to flee when the guards asked him to identify himself.
A Kfar Chabad spokesman said that security guards attempted to shoot out the car's tires in order to stop the car after the driver entered the village, collided with parked cars and endangered residents' lives.
The investigation into the incident continues Wednesday morning.
Maybe they were going to axe him a question!
Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
Headline sounds like a bad Monty Python skit.
"I was nearly lynched!"
"Nearly?"
"Well, almost..."
"Almost?"
"Well, they did look at me kinda mean like. Sortof"
"Ahem, well, there you have it."
Haaretz update: The alleged "lynch victim" has changed his story. He didn't "take a wrong turn" (unlike the real lynch victims in Ramallah) but was looking for a "short cut" and maybe something to steal.
Rishon Letzion police are investigating an alleged assault in the Hasidic community of Kfar Chabad, but are still puzzled by conflicting stories over what took place around midnight Tuesday.
Elad Zugman, 29, said Kfar Chabad residents attempted to "lynch" him, throwing stones and bricks at his car and firing guns at him, when he tried to take a shortcut through the area on his way to Jerusalem.
Kfar Chabad officials said security guards opened fire, because they had reason to suspect Zugman was a burglar.
The town spokesman denied Zugman's charge that residents chased him with axes in hand.
"The truth apparently lies somewhere in the middle," a police official said yesterday. "What happened is very unclear to us. There is no justification for opening fire or attacking someone so forcefully, even if he was a burglar."
Police said the investigation was in its initial stages, and that they still need to get testimony of many others who may have been involved in the incident. No one has been arrested in the case.
Zugman, from the West Bank settlement of Rimonim, said he got lost on the way back from a conference at Bar-Ilan University, and was trying to see if he could cut through Kfar Chabad to get to Jerusalem.
When he attempted to make a U-turn, about 10 people came up to him and threw stones at his car, he said yesterday.
"It was an attempt to lynch me," he said. "They didn't even speak to me; they didn't ask me any questions. After they threw stones at me, I just drove. I was afraid they would get the car open.
"They threw benches into the street, moved cars in the way in an attempt to stop me. I drove into everything. As I was trying to save my life, I tried not to hit dozens of others who had gathered in the area and were trying to hurt me. People chased me with axes."
As he was being attacked, Zugman called the Rishon Letzion police and said, "They're lynching me." Police officers drove to the scene and rescued him, he said.
Zugman's car was damaged, but he was not hurt.
"I was very lucky that my car is rock-proof since I live in the territories," he said. "I heard two shots fired at me, and they didn't stop throwing bricks at me."
Kfar Chabad officials, however, said Zugman parked his car on a dirt road near the town, after which two passengers ran out.
The officials said community security guards thought Zugman was a burglar and approached his car, but he drove off before they could speak to him.
The Kfar Chabad spokesman, Menachem Brod, said Zugman drove recklessly, but did not confirm Zugman's assertion that residents were trying to block his way out.
"He hit everything that moved and everything that didn't move," Brod said.
The spokesman added, "He drove forward and backward; it was a miracle no one was killed. Shots were fired at the wheels of the car. No one had an ax."
Interesting that all these "lynching victims" are in fine shape to talk to the press. Standing up, not from the grave channeled by their lawyers. I guess lynching isn't what it used to be.
Now he's lying like a madman to escape the repercussions with the cops. The being "pursued with axes" was a nice touch. That really clinched it for me. 
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