Even if the off-duty policeman felt threatened, he should have first shot into the air instead of shooting at the boy's legs. According to figures, since 1997, 11 young members of the Ethiopian community were killed in clashes with police officers, Maariv reported. "There are still racist assumptions and prejudices against members of the [Ethiopian] community. The police wanted to make clear to the Ethiopian community that this was an isolated incident and not representative of the relationship between them and the police. On Sunday night, Tekah was critically wounded after being shot by an off-duty police officer in a Kiryat Haim park.

Source: Ethiopian News July 02, 2019 06:30 UTC