Hundreds at memorial for Haftom Zarhum in Tel Aviv

Hundreds of people are at Lewinsky Park in southern Tel Aviv, a main meeting place for African migrants, for a memorial ceremony for Haftom Zarhum, the Eritrean man who was killed by a mob at the Beersheba central bus station on Sunday when he was mistaken for a terrorist.

A coroner says Zarhum died from a bullet wound and not from the beating he suffered. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said yesterday the people who ganged up on him shout be tried for their actions.

Mourners at a memorial for Haftom Zarhum, an Eritrean mistaken for a terrorist and killed, at Tel Aviv Levinsky Park on October 21, 2015. (Sara Miller/Times of Israel)
Mourners at a memorial for Haftom Zarhum, an Eritrean mistaken for a terrorist and killed, at Tel Aviv Levinsky Park on October 21, 2015. (Sara Miller/Times of Israel)

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