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AG launches probe into police conduct at Meron as local chief takes blame
Investigators to determine whether any members of the police were criminally negligent, if law enforcement knew the actual number of participants at the Lag BaOmer festivities or could even control the crowd
Tova Tzimuki, Eli senior, Ahiya Raved |
Published: 04.30.21 , 11:43
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Friday launched an investigation into the conduct of police at a deadly crush during Lag BaOmer celebrations in northern Israel late Thursday as the regional police commander said he took full responsibility.
At least 45 people were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede as attendees left an event put on by the Toldos Aharon Hassidic sect at the celebrations on Mount Meron late Thursday night.
Dozens killed at stampede in Israel during religious celebration At least 45 people were crushed to death during the Lag Ba’Omer celebrations at the Mount Meron site. Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather at the grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at Mount Meron as they celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba Omer, marking the anniversary of the death of the Talmudic sage, approximately 1,900 years ago, Israel, April 29, 2021. - Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
April 30, 2021
At least 45 people were killed last night when a stampede broke out in a religious mass gathering in the north of Israel. More than 150 people were injured, with some of them in critical condition, including minors.
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Police clash with protesters who carry the slogan Murderer Cops to Prison outside the home of Homeland Security minister Amir Ohana in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2021.
One of the policemen involved in the Ahuvya Sandak affair was arrested on Saturday by the Police internal affairs unit on suspicion of obstructing the investigation. The arrest comes against the background of weeks of protests and harsh criticism of the investigation the boy’s death allegedly when the car he was in was rammed by a chasing patrol car. Two more police officers were questioned on Saturday by the Department for Internal Investigations (aka: Machash / Department for Investigations of Policemen/ DIP) regarding the accident itself. One more officer was supposed to be questioned but is in coronavirus quarantine.
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