Members of the mourning Tekka family, who got up from shiva on Monday, met with representatives of the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigations Unit (PIU). The family was sitting shiva for 18-year old Solomon Tekka, who was shot and killed in Haifa by an off-duty policeman, leading to violent protests nationwide.

After getting up from shiva, their attorney accompanied them to hear about the case from the officials involved as to the events leading to the fatal shooting in a Haifa park.

Police officials confirm the meeting occurred, adding there is progress in the investigation, which they told the family is “being conducted in a professional manner”. According to PIU officials, the officer fired his weapon aiming at the ground, as he stated was the case. A portion of the bullet, a ricochet, entered Solomon’s left chest, leading to his death. However, officials did not respond to the family’s question as to what law was broken by the policeman who fired.

Last week, a meeting was held by leaders of the Ethiopian community and the Chief Rabbis of Israel, HaGaon HaRav Dovid Lau Shlita and Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita. the leaders promised to work to calm the streets and bring an end to the violence.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)