Prosecutors say Nizmi Abu Bakr’s indictment is based mostly on his confession, but the defense claims it doesn’t fit the account he gave the Shin Bet of Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Ygal’s death during a West Bank raid
A Palestinian man was charged on Thursday with murder in the case of an Israeli soldier who died after a brick was dropped on his head during a raid in the West Bank town of Ya’bad last month.
The defendant, Nizmi Abu Bakr, cried at the Salem military court as charges against him were read, saying: “I didn’t murder anyone on purpose… This indictment is wrong. I told Shin Bet interrogators everything, how could they write such a thing?”
