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Israel opens investigation into death of Eritrean immigrant
ISRAEL PALESTINE | 21 de Octubre de 2015
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Israeli medics evacuate people hurt in an attack allegedly carried out
by Palestinian man, at the Bus station in Beersheba, Israeli, on
October 18, 2015. EFE/Dudu Grunshpan
Jerusalem, Oct 21 (EFE) .- The Israeli authorities have opened an
investigation into the death of an Eritrean immigrant in a lynching
attack in the city of Beersheba after being confused with a
Palestinian assailant who perpetrated a shooting attack at the Central
Bus Station in the southern Israeli city.
Israeli police spokesman Miky Rosenfeld told EFE "First, we are
reviewing who were involved, what they did, and what were the precise
circumstances of each one of them at all times while the incident took
place."
This incident has shocked Israeli society after the Eritrean asylum
seeker was brutally assaulted while lying wounded on the ground, and
has opened a debate regarding the use of force amid a state of general
panic after 30 attacks have been committed by Palestinians since Oct.
1.
Footage from the bus station surveillance cameras recorded the
incident and shows a thirst for revenge by many Israelis.
Video analysis of the incident indicates that the victim, who was shot
by the station's security guard, was not demonstrating any threat when
he was lynched by civilians and another person who looked like an
Israeli soldier.
Israeli military police are also analyzing other footage showing
several armed soldiers from combat units fleeing from the 21-year old
Palestinian who carried out the attack instead of facing him.
Apart from this particular incident, several lynching attempts were
reported over the past three weeks against Palestinians, whether or
not they were involved in attacks, as well as Arab citizens of Israel.
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