[PHOTO LINK IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] An autopsy will not be performed on Dovid Willinger z”l who was killed in a car accident on Monday, but not because the court does not permit the post mortem.

The Nazareth District Court ruled on Thursday afternoon that police may perform an autopsy on yeshiva student Dovid Willinger, who was killed and burned to death in a vehicular accident on Highway 6 on Monday. 

YWN reported that police demanded an autopsy despite the obvious, since a truck plowed into Willinger’s vehicle and crushed him, setting the vehicle on fire. The victim was unable to extricate himself and was burned to death r”l. Nevertheless, police insist on performing an autopsy to determine the cause of death and the court battle to prevent it has prevented his kvura due to Israel Police insistence on the post mortem.

The court however ordered the autopsy be delayed until Friday to permit an appeal to the Supreme Court. ZAKA officials planned to turn to the nation’s highest court on Thursday night, apparently compelling police with withdraw their demand to perform an autopsy. ZAKA officials believe the mounting public pressure significantly contributed to the police decision.

In response to the court ruling, protests were held in some chareidi areas of the capital on Thursday. Violence was reported in Meah Shearim, Yechezkel Street, and Bar Ilan Junction. Protesters hurled rocks, bottles and garbage at police. Traffic delays were widespread as a result.

Less than half an hour before a hearing at the High Court, which was requested by the ZAKA rescue organization on behalf of the family, the prosecution withdrew its request and returned Willinger’s body to his family.

Click HERE to see photos of Thursday’s Hafganos [Photos taken by Yehuda Boltsausher]

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)