7 Arabs Convicted in Mob Killing
An Israeli court convicted seven Arab citizens on Monday in connection with the mob killing in 2005 of a Jewish gunman who had open fire while on a bus in their town.
The court found for the prosecution, that the soldier had already been subdued, disarmed and handcuffed by police after his shooting spree, when a mob set upon him, trampling and stoning him to death.
None of the men was found guilty of directly causing the death of Eden Nathan-Zaada, a 19-year-old IDF soldier who had deserted the army.
While wearing a military uniform, Nathan-Zaada opened fire aboard a bus in the northern town of Shfaram, killing four Arabs. Twenty-two people, all but seven of them Arabs, were wounded.
Enraged residents of the largely Arab populated town killed Nathan-Zaada at the scene, as police tried to intervene.
Haifa District Court convicted four Shfaram men of attempted manslaughter, two others of serious aggravated assault and a seventh of assault and obstruction of a police officer.
Defense lawyer Siry Khourieh said “the indictments in my opinion should have never been presented,” having argued in court the men had acted in self-defense.
This article appeared in print on page 7 of edition of Hamodia.
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