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Judge presiding over Netanyahu corruption case killed in highway collision (caliber.az)
submitted 4 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
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Judge Benny Sagi, president of Israel’s Beersheba District Court, who presided over the corruption case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was killed in a traffic accident on Route 6 when a vehicle struck his motorcycle.

Police said the vehicle had been driving off-road, entered the highway, and collided with Sagi’s motorcycle, according to Israeli media.

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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 93 points 4 months ago

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 70 points 4 months ago

Wow, Netanyahu's corruption case is going to have to be delayed again for the 900th time. Such fate.

[-] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

*Traffic incident

Accident implies it wasn't on purpose

[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 32 points 4 months ago

Ok yeah, that's awfully convenient, but also, you'd think a judge was smarter than to ride a ~~donor-~~ motorcycle.

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 24 points 4 months ago

¯\(ツ)/¯ How could that have happened

[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

How Putinesque.

[-] DeepSpace9mm@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

I think assassination as a political tool is a few millennia too old to be just a putin thing.

[-] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 months ago

Yes, of course, a "traffic accident" - how perfectly convenient.

[-] lividweasel@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

What, they couldn’t find an open window in a tall enough building?

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 months ago

He got Diana'd 

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 months ago

"traffic accident"

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

[-] Delascas@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago

Was there no window nearby??

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

That's Russia.

Israel's go to is traffic accidents.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Traffic collisions are much easier to make look like a real accident. This, however, looks an awful lot like an assassination with a vehicle.

[-] 46_and_2@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

There was a window of opportunity.

[-] miraclerandy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Relevant https://youtu.be/puK5CwThaq4

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