An Israeli court on Wednesday ruled that the body of Ibrahim al-Akkari, shot dead by Israeli forces after attacking pedestrians with a car, will be released to his family for burial later this evening.
The body is expected to be released between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. and the court limited the number of mourners to 35.
Mohammad Mahmoud, a lawyer with prisoner rights group Addameer, said that the court denied a request by Israeli police to bury al-Akkari in Anata cemetery and allowed the family to bury him in al-Asbat cemetery.
Earlier Wednesday, al-Akkari drove a car at high speed into a group of pedestrians waiting at a light rail station in Sheikh Jarrah.
An Israeli border policeman, Jadan Assad, 38, was killed in the attack and at least 13 other Israelis were injured, two seriously. more
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