Ethiopians Protest Shooting of Teen by Zionist Police
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Hundreds of members of the Ethiopian Jewish community in the Israeli-occupied territories have protested in the city of Haifa against the fatal shooting of an unarmed Ethiopian youth by an off-duty Zionist police officer.
The policeman claimed that a group of young men had assaulted him and that he feared for his life, forcing him to use his weapon. The Haifa Magistrate’s Court later released the officer to house arrest, Middle East Monitor reported.
Ethiopian activists have accused the regime’s police of racism.
Shelly Yachimovich MK of the Labour party stated that the young man, Solomon Tekah, 19, was killed simply because he was Ethiopian, adding that the policeman would have never used his weapon if the quarrel had been with a group of white youths.
The policeman claimed that a group of young men had assaulted him and that he feared for his life, forcing him to use his weapon. The Haifa Magistrate’s Court later released the officer to house arrest, Middle East Monitor reported.
Ethiopian activists have accused the regime’s police of racism.
Shelly Yachimovich MK of the Labour party stated that the young man, Solomon Tekah, 19, was killed simply because he was Ethiopian, adding that the policeman would have never used his weapon if the quarrel had been with a group of white youths.