Israel has been rocked by widespread demonstrations decrying the fatal shooting of an Ethiopian-Israeli teenager at the hands of an off-duty police officer. Protests erupted after Solomon Teka, 18, who was unarmed, was shot by the cop Sunday in a suburb of the northern Israeli city of Haifa — and escalated after his funeral Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged calm and convened a ministerial committee to discuss “all issues” affecting the Ethiopian community, which suffers from poverty and neglect. “We will discuss all issues but we will also discuss something that is unacceptable,” he said. Attorney Yair Nedashi said the cop was with his family when an altercation broke out between two groups of youths, including Teka, putting the officer and his relatives in danger.

Source: Ethiopian News July 04, 2019 18:09 UTC