Published: 9 June 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
A week later, Netanyahu says police killing of autistic man was a ‘tragedy’ (Times of Israel)
PM says Iyad Halak was ‘unjustly suspected’ when he was shot dead, and he expects incident to be ‘fully checked’
Re-enactment of killing of autistic Palestinian called off due to media presence (Haaretz)
The re-enactment of the Border Police shooting of Eyad Hallaq, a Palestinian with special needs, had been due to take place late Saturday night
Police seemingly working to block release of video from shooting of autistic man (Times of Israel)
The Jerusalem magistrate’s court accepted a police request to bar the publication of minutes from a hearing on a petition filed by the family of an autistic Palestinian man seeking the release of security camera footage showing him being shot by police in the Old City. The family of Iyad Halak, 32, filed the petition last week.
Photo: Rana, mother of Iyad Halak, 32, holds his photo at their home in East Jerusalem's Wadi Joz, May 30 (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
