TIMES OF ISRAEL
by Staff
November 9, 2014
Public security minister stands by police, says officers who shot Kheir Hamdan dead feared for their lives
Israel Police chief Yohanan Danino on Saturday decided to raise the national alert level to the second highest following riots that broke out in the Galilean town of Kafr Kanna in response to police killing an Arab man.
Kheir Hamdan, 22, was laid to rest Saturday amid riots against police and protests by thousands of residents of the Galilean town. Danino stood by his subordinates, and responded to the “baseless aggression” against police in Kafr Kanna saying, “the police command under my authority gives complete support to the soldiers, officers and volunteers of the Israel Police.”
Israeli Arab leaders voiced outrage against the police’s conduct in Friday night’s incident, in which police shot and killed Hamdan, who allegedly attempted to stab officers who were dispatched to arrest him in the Galilean town……
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