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Attorney general to unfreeze criminal probes into Meron crush — report
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara will relaunch criminal investigations into those responsible for the April 2021 Meron pilgrimage crush, after a state commission on the deadly disaster wrapped up its work, the Ynet news site reports.
Her predecessor Avichai Mandelblit froze criminal inquiries in July 2021 in order to give the state commission precedence to look into the tragedy, in which 45 people were killed during a pilgrimage at the grave of a second-century rabbi.
The state commission report released today specifically calls for the probes to be reopened, noting that its inquest “is no substitute for the work of criminal investigatory bodies.”
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