Yesterday, Staff Sergeant (res.) Aviad Freija, the soldier who shot Yuval Dror Castleman at the scene of the attack in Jerusalem last week, was questioned by the MPIU in relation to the circumstances and at the end of the investigation was arrested.
After initially announcing that it would not be investigated by the military police, the IDF then retracted its decision. The late Castleman neutralized the terrorist at the scene of the attack at the entrance to Jerusalem last week, and was later shot and mortally wounded. He was pronounced dead at night, becoming the fourth victim in the attack.
The soldier's lawyers, Col. (res.) Shlomi Tzipori and Col. (res.) Ran Cohen Rochberger, the former chief military defense attorney, said: "The terrible incident in which Yuval Dror Castleman was killed yesterday is a terrible and shocking tragedy.
The soldier was interrogated by the MPIU tonight for many hours. During the interrogation he gave his detailed version, answered everything asked, expressed his consent to undergo a polygraph test - and conveyed his deep sorrow over Yuval's death and asked to convey his sincere condolences to the grieving family.
The clips from the scene of the attack posted on social networks, and their camera angles, create a partial and erroneous impression that does not reflect what is seen and heard from the direction of the fighter. The additional shooting carried out by the soldier and other people at the scene at Yuval z"l must be examined according to all the circumstances and the situation that stood before the soldier's eyes in real time.
From where the fighter stood, from the sights he saw and from the sounds he heard, the fighter was convinced with all his heart that he was shooting at a terrorist who still posed a mortal danger to him and everyone around him. He did not intend in any way to carry out a "killing verification" and neither did he act. As soon as he saw that the man had been hit and lay down, he stopped shooting."
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