Some 2,000 gather in Be’er Yaakov for funeral of border policeman

26 September 2017, 5:30 pm

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As many as 2,000 mourners gather in the Be’er Yaakov cemetery in central Israel for the funeral of Border Police officer Solomon Gavriyah, 20, who was killed in this morning’s terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Har Adar.

Most of those present are members of the Israeli-Ethiopian community, many from Be’er Yaakov where Gavriyah lived, or his colleagues from the Border Police.

Gavriyah was posthumously promoted to staff sergeant. Police said in a statement that he had joined the Border Police for his mandatory national service and had recently been serving as a policeman in the Jerusalem seam area along the boundary with the West Bank.

— Raoul Wootliff