Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has decided to indict a policeman who attacked Damass Pikada, a soldier of Ethiopian origin, according to a Channel 2 report Monday. According to the report, the policeman was filmed in April 2015 hitting a soldier, arousing a sharp public protest. The policeman was fired from his job but was not put on trial. The Attorney General decided in January to reopen the case against the policeman. After the original closure of the case, Pikada filed civil suits against the Israel Police and against the assaulting policeman.

Source: Ethiopian News March 20, 2017 18:33 UTC