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| Palestinian teen jailed for 18 years for 2023 killing of Border Police officer |
| 2025-02-17 |
| [IsraelTimes] Muhammad Zalbani convicted of aggravated murder for fatal stabbing, at age 13, of Staff Sgt. Asil Sawaed, who died from blood loss en route to hospital after Jerusalem attack The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday sentenced a Paleostinian minor to 18 years in prison for the killing of a Border Police officer in 2023. The presiding judges found Muhammad Zalbani, …more fully Muhammad Bassel Fathi Zalbani of the Shuafat Refugee Camp… who fatally stabbed Staff Sgt. Asil Sawaed during an East Jerusalem checkpoint inspection two years ago, guilty of aggravated murder. The assailant was 13 years old at the time.According to the verdict, Zalbani found a knife in his aunt’s house in the Shuafat camp and took it with him on a bus that passes through the nearby checkpoint. The teen sat at the back of the bus, with the knife near his leg to be able to draw it quickly, and waited for security forces to board for a routine inspection of the passengers. As Sawaed approached the back of the bus, Zalbani got up from his seat and began to stab Sawaed repeatedly in the neck and head, per the verdict. A civilian security officer who boarded the bus with Sawaed shot up Zalbani, but accidentally hit the maimed border cop in the thigh. Sawaed died on the way to the hospital due to excessive bleeding. "There is no doubt that the defendant’s actions brought about, in an indirect manner, the shooting of the dear departed by the security guard," the court said in its ruling. Sawaed, 22, grew up in the northern Bedouin village of Hussniyya and was one of seven siblings. He was serving as a noncommissioned officer in the Border Police after completing his mandatory service. Related: Asil Sawaed 02/24/2023 13-year-old Palestinian indicted for killing Border Police officer in East Jerusalem Asil Sawaed 02/14/2023 Policeman dies after being stabbed by Palestinian, hit by friendly fire |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 We really, really, need death penalty. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-02-17 03:17 |