An off-duty police officer shot dead an MDA volunteer/according to Section 27 A of the Copyright Law
The funeral of Yaakov Tohi, who was shot yesterday (Friday) by a Jaffa policeman, was held this evening near his home in the city. Many volunteers from the Rescue Union and MDA organizations came to pay their last respects to a friend who volunteered with them. His relatives and family members sprayed graffiti near the scene of the murder that read: "Yaakov's blood is the blood of every Jaffa."
In conversation with them, Yaakov's family members say that the tragic event took place After he left the family holiday dinner, and this in order to help with the treatment of a car accident by virtue of being a MDA volunteer. "Yakub was murdered just as he was on his way to a call to help another person in a car accident," told Walla! Miriam, Tohi's cousin. "When he went out with the motorcycle to help, the policeman arrived quickly with a car and blocked him. Yaakov turned to him and told him that he should give the right of way to the rescue forces, the policeman got out of the car and started beating him until he shot him with the gun."
Miriam shared that Yaakov's mother had to watch the difficult event in which her son took his own life from the window of her house, which is close to the scene of the incident. "She saw him lying on the road drinking blood," said his cousin. "She is old and sick and he used to take care of her. He also liked to spend time with his little girls and did everything for them."
Tohi was shot dead last night by a non-uniformed policeman after a dispute arose between the two on the road. The policeman fled the scene while wearing a mask. Today, the same policeman was brought in for questioning at the police station where he claimed: "He tried to stab me, I acted in self-defense." Although the video taken at the scene of the shooting shows the policeman punching him, there is no trace of a stabbing. Touhi's family members refuse to believe the policeman's version, And they claim that Flathi was not capable of violence. "He never hurt a fly in his life, he only did good in the world."