Naharaim Nightmare
7 Israeli schoolgirls, age 13-14,
shot dead in Jordanian border incident
JERUSALEM, april 1997. Seven schoolgirls were shot
dead and six were injured this morning by a uniformed Jordanian soldier
on border patrol duty in the Jordan Valley.
Names of the victims are as follows:
Shiri Bedeiev
Adi Malca
Ya'ala Meiri
Nathalie Alkalai
Nirit Cohen
Karen Cohen
Sivan Fatihi
King Hussein has cut short his visit to Spain, the
Jordanian Prime Minister Kabariti has condemned the act and promised a
severe punishment under Jordanian law for the Jordanian soldier who committed
this terrible act. King Hussein is scheduled to visit the bereaved families
in Beit Shemesh as well as the wounded in Haddassah Hospital, Jerusalem
on Sunday, 16th of March, 1997.
Israeli Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu has called
for condemnation of all such acts of violence and an end to incitment
to violence.
An even worse tragedy was averted by the action of
other Jordanian soldiers at the outpost.
Words fail to convey our horror as we hear more details
about how a carefree, sunny outing ended in such tragedy for the young
girls, their families and friends.
We hope that all communities and countries will condemn
this atrocity.
The following sites had stories about the tragedy.
Links will be updated as more sites carry the story:
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