An off-duty Israel Police officer who shot dead an Ethiopian-Israeli teenager has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful killing, the Justice Ministry’s Police Internal Investigations Department said Monday. Solomon Tekah, 19, was shot dead the night before during an altercation in the northern city of Kiryat Haim. “Overnight, a police officer was arrested on suspicion of unlawful killing following an event during which a 19-year-old was shot dead in Kiryat Haim,” the PIID said in a statement. According to the Haaretz report, PIID are checking whether the bullet may have ricocheted off the floor and hit Tekah. They added that the youth hurled stones at the officer “at some point after” the latter had identified himself as law enforcement.

Source: Ethiopian News July 01, 2019 08:26 UTC