Israeli Businessman Found Dead in Addis Ababa Restaurant, Suspected Poisoning
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
An Israeli businessman was found dead in an Addis Ababa restaurant, with local police investigating a suspected poisoning and arresting several suspects. The 48-year-old man was reportedly healthy, and his body is being prepared for repatriation to Israel for an autopsy. This incident echoes a previous case in March where another Israeli died in Ethiopia while awaiting a rescue flight amid security concerns.
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- An Israeli businessman was found dead in an Addis Ababa restaurant, with poisoning suspected.
- Local police have arrested suspects in connection with the businessman's death.
- The Israeli Foreign Ministry and embassy are assisting the family with repatriation.
- This case is reminiscent of another Israeli's death in Ethiopia in March awaiting rescue.
- A previous rescue operation involved MK Pnina Tamano-Shata and other senior officials.
An Israeli businessman, 48, was found dead in a restaurant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with suspicions of poisoning being investigated. The man, who was conducting business in Ethiopia, was at the restaurant when he went to the restroom. After he did not return for 40 minutes, others searched for him and discovered his body in a stall. Local police have arrested suspects in connection with his alleged poisoning. The investigation is considering poisoning as a possibility, given that the man was reportedly healthy. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israeli Embassy in Addis Ababa are in contact with the deceased's family. Efforts are underway to repatriate his body to Israel, where an autopsy will likely be required to determine the cause of death.
This incident brings to mind a previous case in March where Mulu Birehaye, 51, from Be'er Sheva, died in Ethiopia 48 hours before an Israir rescue flight was scheduled to bring him home. Birehaye, a father of five, had traveled to Ethiopia to visit his ill sister. He became stranded there due to Operation "Lion's Roar," along with other Israelis, many of them elderly individuals in their 80s and 90s who were seeking herbal treatments. Due to security concerns, rescue flights to Africa were not dispatched. Following an initiative by Member of Knesset Pnina Tamano-Shata, who engaged Israir, President Isaac Herzog, Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and Transportation Minister Miri Regev, an operations room was established for the families and stranded Israelis. Rescue flights to Addis Ababa subsequently began, subject to all necessary approvals and bureaucracy.
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