Killing of Benjamin Achimeir
Suspected murder of an Israeli teenager in the West Bank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 12 April 2024, 14-year-old Benjamin Achimeir (Hebrew: בנימין אחימאיר, romanized: Binyamin Achimair) was declared missing after he left a farm near the Israeli outpost of Malachei HaShalom to go shepherding in the West Bank, sparking a 24-hour search by Israeli authorities. The following day, his body was found by a drone near the area he went missing. His death was attributed to blunt trauma, but his body also had stab wounds.
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Killing of Benjamin Achimeir | |
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Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |
Location | Malachei HaShalom, Israeli-occupied West Bank |
Coordinates | 32°01′36″N 35°22′02″E |
Date | 12 April 2024 (2024-04-12) c. 6:30 am (UTC+3) |
Attack type | Stabbing, blunt trauma |
Victim | Benjamin Achimeir |
Perpetrator | Unknown |
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Israeli authorities ruled the killing as a terrorist attack, attributing it to "one or more Palestinian terrorists". His disappearance sparked Israeli settler rampages in Palestinian villages in the West Bank that escalated after his body was found.