3 Arrested In Connection With 2009’s Tel Aviv Gay Youth Center Shooting
by Will Kohler
Israeli
police say they have arrested three suspects in connection to the
killing of two people at a gay youth center in Tel Aviv four years ago.
On
the evening of August 1 at around11 pm, unknown persons with firearms
entered the "Aguda" building in Tel Aviv, and opened fire on the crowd
attending a "Youth get together" event, and immediately escaped
thereafter. Two people were killed, and fifteen were wounded. The police
had launched a search campaign to find the shooter, and in addition
immediately closed most of the entertainment places for the gay
community that operated during the same time of the shooting event, for
fear of additional shootings.
The
gunmen entered the building where a weekly event was being held in the
basement, shot in several directions and then fled on foot. The Center
was small with one terrace; thus preventing anyone from escaping Israeli
television said the crime scene was a "bloodbath
Spokesman
Mickey Rosenfeld said the suspects were arrested Wednesday. These were
the first arrests in connection to 2009 incident.
The
killings were the most serious homophobic attack in a country that is
fairly gay-friendly, particularly in the coastal city of Tel Aviv..
The
killings were the most serious homophobic attack in a country that is
fairly gay-friendly, particularly in the coastal city of Tel Aviv.
The arrests came before Tel Aviv's annual gay pride parade, set for Friday
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