Meir Braverman, 65, has been charged with manslaughter in the slaying of an Arab youth on Saladin Street, the main street in East Jerusalem last Yom Kippur eve. Braverman, who shot the Arab in the head, claimed self-defense. He said the Arab, Ali Mash’hour, was harassing his woman companion, Tikva Cohen, while on a shopping trip. Braverman contends that when the man ignored his warnings and continued to shout oaths and menace the couple, he took out his pistol and fired into the air. But the police say Braverman fired at the young man’s head, killing him.
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