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| March 30, 2013
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Israeli with Bullet in Bag Arrested at Mumbai Airport

 

Unnamed Israeli 23, was arrested after a bullet from his handgun was found by local authorities in his personal bag during routine search.

By Gil Ronen

 

An Israeli man, 23, was arrested in Mumbai Airport at week’s end after a bullet was found in his personal bag when he was about to board a flight to Nepal.

He is in jail and efforts are being made to free him.

Mumbai – ReutersThe young man’s father told Arutz Sheva Saturday night that his son routinely carries a personal handgun and that one of the bullets must have fallen out of the cartridge inside the bag when he was still in Israel. Continue Reading »

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| November 15, 2012
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Rocket Victim Was Chabad India Emissary during Mumbai Massacre

Mirah Scharf, the 25-year-old victim of a rocket attack in Kiryat Malachi this morning, was a Chabad emissary from India, killed on anniversary of Mumbai massacre.

By Annie Lubin

 

The names of the three people who were killed Thursday by a rocket attack in Kiryat Malachi have been published, and one of whom, it was just discovered, was an emissary from an offshoot of Chabad, who was involved in outreach in India, and was in Israel on a short visit in order to give birth and pay respects to the Chabad victims of the Mumbai terror attack in 2008.

Mirah Scharf (right)

Mirah Scharf (right)
Courtesy of the family

Israeli political consultant Jonny Daniels, citing an Israeli source and a Chabad leader in Israel, told the news site The Algemeiner that Mirah (nee Cohen) Scharf, the 25-year-old victim of today’s attack, was a “shlucha (female emissary)” to New Dehli, India, who was visiting Israel for the memorial service of Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg, the Chabad emissaries who were victims of a Mumbai terror attack. Continue Reading »

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