Killing of Benjamin Achimeir

Killing of Benjamin Achimeir
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Killing of Benjamin Achimeir is located in the Central West Bank
Killing of Benjamin Achimeir
Location of Malachei HaShalom
LocationMalachei HaShalom, Israeli-occupied West Bank
Coordinates32°01′36″N 35°22′02″E / 32.02667°N 35.36722°E / 32.02667; 35.36722
Date12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)
c. 6:30 am (UTC+3)
Attack type
Stabbing, blunt trauma
VictimBenjamin Achimeir
PerpetratorSee suspect

On 12 April 2024, 14-year-old Benjamin Achimeir (Hebrew: בנימין אחימאיר, romanizedBinyamin 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, according to Israeli authorities.

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.

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