Communist Party of Israel
Far-Right Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, and Police officials are reportedly backing an officer who killed a mentally ill Arab man in Haifa on Monday, March 25, claiming that body-cam footage proves the cop justifiably “feared for his life.” The officer’s superiors and comrades believe he will be exonerated by an internal investigation after he shot to death Munir Anabtawi, 33, who allegedly attacked him with a knife, Al-Ittihad and Zo Haderech reported on Tuesday. Anabtawi’s brother, Amir, said his mother attempted to call an ambulance to help Munir, who appeared to be having a psychotic episode, but accidentally reached the police, who reached the scene with tragic results. He told Channel 12 that the police are a “criminal organization that assassinated” his brother. J The scene of the shooting death of Munir Anabtawi by police in the predominantly Arab neighborhood of Wadi Nisnas in Haifa, March 29, 2021 (Photo:…
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Minister, Cops Backing Officer Who Killed Mentally Ill Arab Haifa Man