IDF to exhume body, perform autopsy on good Samaritan shot dead by reservist during terror attack
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it will exhume the body of Yuval Castleman, a civilian who was shot by an off-duty reserve soldier at the scene of a terror attack in Jerusalem last week, to carry out an autopsy for the ongoing investigation.
Castleman’s body was buried following the deadly incident without an autopsy.
In a statement, the IDF says representatives of the Military Advocate General met yesterday with the family of Castleman, to update them on the developments in the investigation.
It says the Military Police “worked to conduct additional tests with relevant professionals, from which new and relevant information emerged” related to the investigation of Castleman’s killing.
The IDF says the new information in the investigation has led to the need for an autopsy to be carried out.
Castleman’s family has agreed to allow the grave to be opened to carry out an autopsy, the IDF says.
“Upon receiving the position and examining all the relevant information, the Military Police’s Investigatory Unit and the Military Advocate General acted to open the grave to transfer the body to the Institute of Forensic Medicine (Abu Kabir) for an autopsy,” the IDF says, adding that the units requested, and received, a court order allowing the body to be exhumed.
