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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Shireen Abu Akleh’s Case Referred to ICC

Palestinians visit the site where veteran Palestinian-American Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed, in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 18, 2022. (AP)

The family of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh submitted on Tuesday an official complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the killing of the veteran television correspondent.

Head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) Nasser Abu Bakr, member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Jimmy Boumleiha, and Abu Akleh’s brother, Anton, submitted the complaint to the office of the ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan.

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