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Plea deal for lynchers of Syrian in IDF ambulance

The two residents of Majdal Shams charged with murdering a Syrian being transported in an IDF ambulance in June 2015 have pled down to manslaughter and will serve 2- and 5-year sentences.

Amal Abu Saleh, 22, and Bashira Mahmoud, 48, Druze residents of Majdal Shams who were documented lynching a wounded Syrian being carried in an IDF ambulance in June of last year, have admitted to manslaughter under the terms of a plea agreement accepted on Sunday by the Nazareth District Court.

 

 

According to the plea bargain, Abu Saleh will be imprisoned for seven years and Mahmoud will serve two.

 

The slain Syrian
The slain Syrian

 

In June 2015, dozens of residents of Majdal Shams ambushed an Israel Defense Forces ambulance carrying two lightly wounded Syrian nationals. While driving through the town, the ambulance was stopped by a number of ATVs and soon surrounded by an angry mob. The medical staff locked themselves inside the ambulance, and the accompanying military police told the rioters that the patients were soldiers. Rejecting the claim, the mob rushed the ambulance and smashed one of its windows.

 

The driver escaped the mob and drove to the nearby village of Neve Ativ, where it was seized again and the two Syrian patients were attacked. One of them was killed, and two IDF soldiers were wounded.

 

Scenes from the lynching    ( )

Scenes from the lynching

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שליחה לחבר

 הקלידו את הקוד המוצג
תמונה חדשה

שלח
הסרטון נשלח לחברך

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 קוד להטמעה:

 

Abu Saleh and Mahmoud were indicted for murder. According to the indictment, the victims, who were allegedly affiliated with the Islamist rebel organization Nusra Front, were attacked in revenge for attacks perpetrated by the organization against Druze communities in Syria.

 

Bashira Mahmoud (Photo: Mohammed Shinawi)
Bashira Mahmoud (Photo: Mohammed Shinawi)

Amal Abu Saleh in court (Photo: Hassan Shaalan)
Amal Abu Saleh in court (Photo: Hassan Shaalan)
 

 

 

The lynching was partially filmed by one of the perpetrators. They are seen to be shouting, stomping the wounded men and beating them with a stick. In total, 30 suspects were arrested, though all but the two mentioned above were released.

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.17.16, 18:30
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