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2021-03-30 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Police shoot dead mentally ill Arab man, say he charged at cops with knife
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Why shoot him if he's dead? [IsraelTimes] Police on Monday shot and killed a 33-year-old Arab man with special needs who they said tried to attack an officer with a knife in central Haifa.
According to the police, Munir Anabtawi was running around with the weapon when his mother called the cops to the scene for help.
"Some officers arrived at the scene, saw him next to his house on the ground floor. He drew a knife and ran after an officer with it, injuring him lightly on his face," a Haifa Police spokesperson said.
An officer then shot Anabtawi in the back, critically wounding him. He was taken to Rambam Hospital in the city, where he died of his injuries.
Anabtawi’s sister Shirin told Channel 13, "I went to my parents’ house, I tried to watch over him, but he went down the street. Fearing for people’s lives
...which is why the police had to shoot him... and knowing that this is a person with a mental disability, my mother called the police, who came and shot Munir in the back and killed him."
The family accused police of responsibility for the death, with his mother arguing that officers "lost control."
"He didn’t have a knife in his hand, he was running away from the cops," said Shirin, according to the Kan public broadcaster. "Mom asked for him to be taken to get treatment."
In security camera footage, Anabtawi can be seen brandishing what looks like a knife and chasing the police officer. The two scuffle as they run down the street, before the officer pulls out his gun and appears to shoot Anabtawi.
According to the Abraham Initiatives nonprofit, 28 Arabs have been killed violent mostly peacefully inside Israel since the beginning of 2021. Six were killed by police, while 22 were killed as a result of criminal activity.
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