Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) Authorities are calling for footage to determine what led up to a deadly altercation at an Israel-Hamas war protest in California over the weekend amid conflicting witness reports, the sheriff said.
Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish man, died from blunt-force head trauma following a confrontation with a counterprotester on Sunday, amid simultaneous pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Thousand Oaks, the Ventura County Sheriff s Office said.
The Ventura County Medical Examiner s Office said Kessler suffered from skull fractures and swelling and bruising of the brain and determined his death to be a homicide. Authorities have not ruled out the possibility the incident was a hate crime, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said Tuesday.
Fryhoff said deputies determined that Kessler fell backward and hit his head, though they have received conflicting witness reports from attendees of both rallies about the altercation and "who
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(LOS ANGELES) — A 69-year-old Jewish man died after a blunt-force head injury following an altercation at an Israel-Hamas war protest in California, Ventura County officials and local organizations said Monday. The death followed a confrontation with a counter-protester as simultaneous pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrations […]