約帕正教教會聯會主席被殺
Senior Christian figure
stabbed to death in Jaffa
6/1/ 2012 星期五晚上, 約帕地區的正教團體,
正在進行一年一度的傳統聖誕節巡行.
當節目接近尾聲的時候, 有人用刀襲擊
聯會主席 Gabrial
Cadis.
有目擊者報稱, 行兇者身穿聖誕老人的服裝.
傷者雖被迅速被送到附近的醫院急救, 可惜終告不治.
警方至今並未捕獲任何人士, 也不清楚行兇動機.
因出於對曆法的爭論, 部份正教教會以1月7 日為聖誕節.
譯自6/1/2012 耶路撒冷郵報
Senior Christian
figure stabbed to death in Jaffa
By YAAKOV LAPPIN
Police spokesman says stabbing occurred at end of Orthodox Christmas march;
victim identified as
Gabriel Cadis.
A senior Christian
figure was stabbed to death by an unknown attacker
during a march to mark
the Orthodox Christmas in Jaffa on Friday night.
Police identified the
murder victim as Gabriel Cadis,
Chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association.
Police spokesman Moshe
Katz told The Jerusalem Post
that the stabbing occurred
at the end of a march held by the Christian community
along a Jaffa street.
The attacker was dressed up as Santa Clause,
according to a number
of eye witnesses.
"People around
him evacuated him from the scene," the spokesman added.
The stab victim was
rushed to the Wolfson Medical Center in nearby Holon.
Doctors attempted to
save his life but were unsuccessful,
and he was pronounced
death shortly after arrival.
Police said no suspect
has yet been arrested,
and that it was too
soon to know the motive behind the incident.
