Top cops rapped over Israel Gay Pride murder

Six senior Israeli policemen are to be removed from their posts over the murder of a young marcher in a Jerusalem Gay Pride parade by a known violent homophobe, police said Sunday. An internal inquiry into the July attack singled out an intelligence breakdown which failed to track the alleged killer, released from prison only three weeks before after having served a 10-year sentence for a similar attack. "The murder suspect -- whose background and details and the fact that he had lately been freed from prison for a stabbing incident at a previous pride march were known -- was able to reach the area of the march and penetrate the layers of security set up to protect participants," a police statement said.

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