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2008-06-24 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Sarkozy farewell ceremony cut as Israeli cop commits suicide

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Posted by tu3031 2008-06-24 11:06|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 What the hell?!?!

Posted by gromky 2008-06-24 11:36|| 2008-06-24 11:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Misfired bullet?
I thought they just said it was a suicide?

Something is fishy here, eh?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-24 11:50|| 2008-06-24 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Aye, seems weird. But I kind of doubt we'll ever hear the whole story....

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2008-06-24 12:35|| 2008-06-24 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 More details...

Israel Radio said that the officer who died was about 100m away from the Sarkozy plane as it waited on the runway at Ben Gurion, Israel's largest international airport. Two women soldiers who witnessed the incident fainted and were treated by medics.

The policeman apparently fell from a vantage point on a high building, where he had been guarding the event. Reports suggest the policeman shot himself in the head. This was in no way an assassination attempt, said Micky Rosenfeld, a police spokesman. A border policeman ... committed suicide during the farewell ceremony.

According to Mr Rosenfeld, the guard who shot himself was a paramilitary policeman and had been assigned to a security patrol at the airport. The area police commander, Nissim Mor, said police were investigating the incident to determine if the officer had intended to commit suicide, or if he had accidentally discharged his weapon. His mission was to secure an area to prevent people from reaching the ceremony, he said.

Posted by tu3031 2008-06-24 13:55|| 2008-06-24 13:55|| Front Page Top

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