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Friend Recalls Failed Attempt to Save Benyamin Yamno Zalca From Fatal Lynching in Tel Aviv
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First reported by Mako · 1 hour ago
What happened
Alon Sterlevitzky, friend of Benyamin Yamno Zalca, described trying to save him from a fatal lynching in Tel Aviv after a dispute over snow spray. Despite many bystanders, only Alon intervened. Indictments were filed against the youths involved, but some were released, prompting calls for adult sentencing due to the severity of the crime.
- 01Benyamin Yamno Zalca was fatally lynched outside a Tel Aviv store after a dispute over snow spray.
- 02Alon Sterlevitzky was the sole bystander who tried to intervene and save Yamno Zalca.
- 03Dozens watched the attack passively, treating it like a spectacle.
- 04Indictments include murder with indifference and aggravated assault against the youths involved.
- 05Some suspects were released, raising concerns about lenient sentencing due to their age.
- 06Yamno Zalca’s family and friends demand the suspects be tried and sentenced as adults.
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