Attorney General Dr. Avichai Mandelblit has ordered the closure of the case against a policeman who fired at the young Arab terrorist armed with scissors in the terror attack at Machane Yehuda in Yerushalayim a number of months ago.

Mandelblit accepted the recommendation of the International Investigations Unit despite the fact his predecessor, AG Yehuda Weinstein, called to investigate the policeman for acting inappropriately for firing at the teenage terrorist after the threat subsided. When questioned, the policeman explained at the time, in the few milliseconds during which he had to act, one could not know if the girls were carrying bomb belts as some terrorists in recent months have done.

Based on the recommendation of the internal police unit’s probe which included reviewing surveillance cameras, the case against the policeman is closed.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)