IDF launches probe into ‘lynch’ of Eritrean in Beersheba

The IDF has opened an investigation into the conduct of soldiers who were present when Israeli civilians and a soldier began beating an Eritrean man who had been shot at the Beersheba central bus station.

The Military Police investigations unit launched a preliminary probe into the incident, in which Haftom Zarhum was brutally attacked, Channel 10 reports. The 29-year-old later succumbed to his injuries.

“The Investigative Military Police joins the Israel Police in investigating the incident, and should they find irregularities, an investigation will be opened against the suspects,” IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Moti Almoz says.

Channel 2 reports that the implication is that soldiers at the scene of the attack behaved in a manner unbecoming the uniform, or even fled the scene of the attack rather than acting to stop the attacker.