The High Court of Justice has ordered police to release the body of Yaqoub Mousa Abu Al-Qia’an, accepting a petition from human rights group Adalah.
By a vote of 2-1, the bench says Abu Al-Qia’an, who was killed by police fire during an incident in which his jeep ran over and killed a policeman, should be buried on Tuesday.
The court also says police cannot set a limit on the number of mourners at the funeral and that it can proceed from Umm al- Hiran to Hura and last up to two hours.
Police had held onto the body, claiming that Abu Al-Qia’an was a terrorist who drove his car into the policemen intentionally and that the family refused to agree to demands designed to limit the number of worshipers and keep the funeral from turning into a protest.
The family and witnesses had claimed that Abu Al-Qia’an was shot at before running into police and simply was trying to leave the scene, where homes were being demolished. The court decision makes no mention of Abu Al-Qia’an being a terrorist.
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