http://www.timesofisrael.com/police-to-make-more-arrests-over-brutal-attack-on-eritrean-man/
Police to make more arrests over brutal attack on Eritrean man
4 already charged over assault on Haftom Zarhum, who died after being
shot by guard then beaten by mob who mistook him for a terrorist
By Times of Israel staff October 24, 2015, 8:57 pm 1
Haftom Zarhum, 29, died of his wounds on October 19, 2015, a day after
he was shot and beaten by a mob that mistook him for an assailant in
the terror attack in Beersheba on October 18 in which IDF soldier Omri
Levy, 19, was killed. (Courtesy)
Israel Police are planning further arrests in the brutal beating of an
Eritrean man who was mistaken by Israeli security forces for a
terrorist during an attack on October 18 at the Beersheba bus station.
Haftom Zarhum, aged 29, died in the hospital after he was shot by a
security guard who thought he had just taken part in a terror attack
that left an Israeli soldier dead and another 11 people wounded. While
writhing on the floor, he was repeatedly beaten by an enraged mob.
According to the Hebrew-language Walla website, those summoned for
questioning include two IDF soldiers and an Israeli civilian who are
shown on security camera footage beating Zarhum as he lay on the
ground. The military police are involved in the investigation into the
beating.
Four suspects in the attack, including two members of the Israel
Prison Service, were arrested by police Wednesday for aggravated
assault. The four were released on bail Thursday and have been banned
from making contact with one another.
Pathologists determined the cause of his death was internal bleeding
from a gunshot wound, not the repeated blows to the head he
subsequently suffered.
The head of the Israel Prison Service condemned the alleged actions of
its employees, saying that “violence contradicts the values of the
organization.”
A graphic video posted on the Channel 10 website showed the severity
of the attack on Zarhum, with a number of people — including the two
soldiers — repeatedly kicking him in the head as a bus driver tries to
protect him.
Some 2,000 people attended a memorial event for Zarhum in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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