Raida, Yemen – Thirty Two old Mousa Yaish al-Nahari, a father of eight, who was reportedly shot was for no reason, said Yahya Mousa, a rabbi for Yemeni Jews in the capital Sanaa.
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Arab media said the gunman was identified as Abdul-Aziz Yahya al-Abdi, a former air force pilot. He was arrested in Raydah in the Amran governorate.
Police are still investigating the motive of the crime, but witnesses say the gunman approached al-Nahari and told him “Jew, accept Islam’s message” and then shot him five times with an AK-47 assault rifle.
Al-Abdi is alleged to have murdered his wife two years ago but was not jailed because he agreed to pay compensation to the wife’s family, said Pan-Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat.
Ahmed al-Sarihi, a security official, told the daily that al-Abdi was a religious extremist that suffered from mental problems and that during interrogation he admitted killing al-Nahari and telling police that “these Jews must convert to Islam.”
Although Yemen is overwhelmingly Muslim, a small community of 300-400 Jews still live there.
Since 1949 about 50,000 members of the once-thriving Yemeni Jewish community are reported to have been secretly airlifted to Israel.
how much more could we suffer? let us all scream out for moshiach
MOSHIACH!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Police: Jew Was Killed By Muslim Becasue He Was Jewish” Any chiddush? Always was, always will be, till Moshiach comes.
Jews out of Yemen. All jews there LEAVE NOW
is this the same al naharin who used to live in Monsey? or his family? He lived on Rita Ave. and then moved back to Yemen. He had like 15 siblings. I new his father well.
he is probaly gona get realesed in a few weejks
Look at these zeesa kinderlech, mit di gantza Yiddeshe Chein. Hashem Yinkom Domoi. Here is proof against all those saying that Israel is the problem. While Israel might be a problem regardless of which shiteh someone holds, this Jew was not killed because of Israel, but because he is a Jew.
Let’s see if in 1 week the marketers start sending out letters in the mail pleading with us to give donations to the yetomim of Yemen like we got for the yetomim of Bombay.
Somehow, I don’t think the Heimish olam will react as emotionally for the brown-skinned orphans like they do for the more affluent and well-connected ones.
Al-Abdi is alleged to have murdered his wife two years ago but was not jailed because he agreed to pay compensation to the wife’s family, said Pan-Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat.
this is the problem someone murdres his wife and you have murcy on him?midas sdom. why are people living in these countrys.
To #9 , Satmar in Florida,
Thank you for your well-thought-out answer and I sincerely hope you are correct. However, you and I both know that the Chabad & Boro Park orphans will be well-compensated by their fellow Jews but the Yemenite orphans will see nary a penny even though both groups were orphaned for the same reason: to the goyim they are Jews.