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Sunday, August 18, 2024
State Attorney Amit Aisman to oversee investigation into Jit settler riot
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
State Attorney Amit Aisman announces that he will be overseeing the investigation into the severe riot which was carried out by extremist settlers in the Palestinian village of Jit on Thursday.
During the riot, 23-year-old IT professional Rasheed Seda was killed and homes and vehicles were set ablaze.
Aisman convened a meeting of all senior officials in the State Attorney’s Office, the Israel Police, the Shin Bet, and the IDF on Sunday to discuss the investigation into the riots and to decide how it is conducted, the State Attorney’s Office says in a statement to the press.
During the meeting, it was decided that the State Attorney’s Central District office will “closely supervise” the investigative cases opened into the riot, “with the oversight of the state attorney and the deputy state attorney.”
“At the end of the meeting, it was agreed that all branches of all law enforcement agencies will combine efforts in order to fight with a tough and effective hand those who took the law into their hands and harmed people and property,” the State Attorney’s Office says.
Some 100 extremist settlers perpetrated the riot on Thursday night, torching at least four homes and six vehicles in the village located just west of Nablus.
According to a report by the BBC, when young men from the town came to try and repel the rioters by throwing stones at them, the settlers opened fire against them.
At least one other Palestinian man was severely injured in the incident, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
