Alleged recording of teen’s police call leaked

1 July 2014, 5:37 pm

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A recording claiming to capture Gil-ad Shaar’s call to the police emergency hotline on June 12 has been circulating via WhatsApp and was posted on YouTube a number of times. A least one of the YouTube videos was subsequently removed.

There is no confirmation the recording is authentic.

Gil-ad’s father said earlier today during his eulogy that he recognized the voice of his son on a recording made to police around 10:25 p.m., shortly after the abduction, saying “I’ve been kidnapped,” but police dismissed the cry for help as a prank and took time in responding.

Four senior police officers were laid off for mishandling the incident following an committee investigation.