- Title: Israelis bury patrolman killed by Palestinian gunman in Tel Aviv shooting attack
- Date: 6th August 2023
- Summary: SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL (AUGUST 6, 2023) (REUTERS) WIFE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF CHEN AMIR, A MUNICIPAL PATROLMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN A TEL AVIV SHOOTING ATTACK BY A PALESTINIAN GUNMAN WALKING DURING FUNERAL PROCESSION WOMEN CRYING MOURNERS STANDING BY BODY VARIOUS OF SECURITY MEMBERS CARRYING BODY FATHER OF AMIR, WEARING BLACK CAP, STANDING AMONG MOURNERS MEN MOVING BODY IN GRAVE WIDOW OF AMIR CRYING VARIOUS OF FUNERAL MEN CRYING WIDOW CRYING, STANDING AMONG MOURNERS VARIOUS OF AMIR'S NAME ON GRAVE MOURNERS SAYING PRAYERS FUNERAL IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) WIFE OF KILLED PATROLMAN, VERED AMIR, SAYING: "You were a national hero who sacrificed his life for others." VARIOUS OF FUNERAL
- Embargoed: 20th August 2023 19:19
- Keywords: Israel Palestinians Tel Aviv shooting
- Location: SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL
- City: SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001271506082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Israelis on Sunday (August 6) buried a municipal patrolman who was killed by Palestinian gunman the previous day.
Friends and family mourned Chen Amir, who died after being shot by a Palestinian on a street in central Tel Aviv.
The suspected shooter was then shot dead by a municipal patrol officer, Tel Aviv's mayor said.
A statement from the Israeli police said the shooter was a 27 year-old resident of the Palestinian town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian militant group Hamas praised the attack but did not take responsibility.
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