The Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department (PID) submitted an appeal to the district court on Tuesday of the decision to acquit a police officer who shot 18-year-old Solomon Tekah and was tried for negligent homicide. Tekah, an Ethiopian youth, was shot to death in 2019. The first is that self-defense does not apply because the officer’s life was not in immediate and real danger, the PID said. Family members and supporters attend a ceremony, in memory of 18-year-old Ethiopian, Solomon Tekah who was shot and killed in Kiryat Haim by an off-duty police officer on June 30, 2019, in Kiryat Haim, July 10, 2019. Feeling their lives were in danger, the police officer said he shot at the ground.

Source: Ethiopian News May 19, 2024 16:36 UTC