Police: Too early to assume gay club shooting was hate crime

Police Commissioner David Cohen called on the public not to blame specific sectors of the community for the attack Saturday night on a gay community center in Tel Aviv in which two people were killed - Nir Katz, 26, of Givatayim and Liz Trobishi, 16, of Holon. Fifteen others were injured in the armed assault.

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Jewish Journal

August 4, 2009

From HAARETZ.com:

Police Commissioner David Cohen called on the public not to blame specific sectors of the community for the attack Saturday night on a gay community center in Tel Aviv in which two people were killed – Nir Katz, 26, of Givatayim and Liz Trobishi, 16, of Holon. Fifteen others were injured in the armed assault.

Cohen hinted that the attack may not have been a hate crime against homosexuals. At a meeting Monday assessing the status of the case, he cautioned against implicating segments of the society “regarding suspicions and possible directions [of the investigation].” Read the full story at HAARETZ.com.