The suspect in the death of police volunteer Major Sergeant Amichai Carmeli has previously served a prison sentence after being convicted of assaulting a police officer, it was learned today (Sunday). Dagan, in possession of a vehicle with five Rahat residents who tried to escape after being involved in another accident, and their detention was extended at the request of the police.
A senior police official involved in the details of the investigation referred to the incident of the death of police volunteer Major Sergeant Amichai Carmeli and said: “Major Carmeli was run over to death by an injustice that hit him while he was at a checkpoint in a police operation to save lives.”
The suspects who were in the vehicle drove through Blood Maccabi Street in the direction of Beit Dagan wildly and collided with a certain vehicle that was in their lane, they evaded the scene and the police in a particularly cruel manner hit a police checkpoint that was spread across the axis. “In this injury, the volunteer Amichai Carmeli, who was found dead on the spot, was directly injured.”
“Immediately after the incident, the driver of the vehicle tried to escape from the scene and other police officers who were at the scene managed to stop him within a short period of time and the arrest of others who were in the offending vehicle at the time.
“All the police forces and the investigators of the arena, the traffic inspectors arrived at the scene and the suspicion that has intensified is that it is a murder offense and accordingly with professional cooperation it was decided that the investigation will be assigned to Hilp and since Saturday afternoon all police resources have been invested in the investigation. The suspects were questioned during the Sabbath and brought to court, where their detention was extended. “
The same source states that “we know today to say with a very high probability who the driver was driving the vehicle, know to indicate that he intended to hit the police checkpoint which is very prominent across the road. There was evidence of drug remains while driving. “
The source added: “Whoever sees in front of his eyes a policeman or a citizen and travels to harm him has nothing but murder and we have more than an indication and a mixture of evidence that leads to the unequivocal conclusion that it is a murder offense. Anyone who harms police officers “.
The late Amichai Carmeli, a resident of Rishon Lezion, served as a volunteer in the traffic department of the police for more than 15 years, leaving behind a wife, two children, a father and two brothers. His son, Sagi, paid tribute to him: Moved. Only yesterday you were with me, with our mother Yuval and Joy. I do not know what to say or do or how to behave but I will still try – because you always told me that if I do not try I will not know “.
The Commissioner of Police, Superintendent Yaakov Shabtai, commented on the incident and said: “The Israel Police mourns the death of a veteran, motivated, professional and dedicated volunteer, the grandson of the late Corporal Moshe Carmeli, a police officer who fell on the eve of Yom Kippur in 1973 when a grenade was thrown. Towards him on the main street of Gaza. “Amichai saved many lives week after week thanks to the police activity and life-saving enforcement he carried out on the roads, and this morning he was killed when a vehicle trying to break through a police checkpoint hit him and his other friends, two volunteers who were by his side and lightly injured.”
The late Amichai, who volunteered week after week for 15 years, is an example and role model for contributing to the community, dedication and responsibility through meaningful service in the Traffic Division of the Police. “This shift, on the night between Friday and Saturday, which is known for its complexity, did not deter him and he made sure to volunteer to come out of the spirit of mission and the belief that in his activity he saves the lives of boys and girls who return from spending time back home.”
He added that “we are still investigating the circumstances of the incident but it appears that it was a serious incident that began with a hit and run accident, continued with disobedience to police and ended in an escape and breaking through a police checkpoint that injured the late Amichai and injured two volunteers. I promise that the police will do everything to bring to justice the criminals who should be severely punished. ”
The head of the traffic department, Superintendent Yehuda Ben-Atar, said: “This is a very serious incident during which the late Major Amichai Carmeli fell on guard in protecting road users. . The late Amichai was a volunteer who contributed for over 15 years in the traffic department, professional, brave, salt of the earth and I send my condolences to the family. ”