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Family slams Israeli inquiry into US-Turkish activist’s killing
The family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi has denounced the Israeli military’s preliminary inquiry into the 26-year-old activist’s killing as “wholly inadequate”.
“We are deeply offended by the suggestion that her killing by a trained sniper was in any way unintentional. The disregard shown for human life in the inquiry is appalling,” they said in a statement.
“We reiterate our demand for the US government leaders – President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary of State Blinken – to order an independent investigation into the Israeli military’s deliberate targeting and killing of a US citizen,” they added.
Slain activist’s partner rejects Biden’s claim that her death was accidental
Hamid Ali criticised the US president for failing to reach out to Eygi’s family following her killing by an Israeli sniper and dismissed his claims that the American-Turkish activist’s death appeared to be an accident.
“For four days, we have waited for President Biden to pick up the phone and do the right thing: To call us, offer his condolences, and let us know that he is ordering an independent investigation of the killing of Aysenur,” Ali said in a statement published by the advocacy group, the Institute for Middle East Understanding.
“She was fatally shot in the head by an Israeli sniper positioned 200 metres away. This was no accident and her killers must be held accountable,” he said.
