Father of stabber killed by Azaria says sentence a ‘farce’

The father of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, the Palestinian who was killed by Azaria after attempting to stab soldiers in Hebron, says the sentence is a “farce.”

“A year and a half is a farce,” Yusri al-Sharif tells journalists at the family home near Hebron.

“What does a year and a half mean? Was he an animal to be killed like this, in this barbaric way?”

During the sentencing, Palestinians protest in the family’s home. Some step on a large poster of Azaria.

A Palestinian woman steps during a demonstration on a portrait of Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, on February 21, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER)
A Palestinian woman steps during a demonstration on a portrait of Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, on February 21, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER)

— AFP contributed

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