Convicted killer on furlough hurt in Arava crash; wife, son killed

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"Ami Popper, who is serving several life sentences for the 1990 murder of seven Palestinians, was moderately injured in a road accident Wednesday night while driving on the Arava Road. Popper's wife and son were killed in the accident and his other son was moderately injured.

Three other people were injured, two of them seriously.

Popper, who was on furlough from prison, veered from the lane in which he was driving, crossing a no-pass line, and crashed head-on into an oncoming car at the entrance to Kibbutz Grufit, about 45 km north of Eilat."

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"Popper was sentenced to seven life terms after being convicted of killing seven Palestinian workers from Gaza who were waiting to begin work in Rishon Letzion in 1990, but his sentence was subsequently commuted to 40 years."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/814785.html


Wife, son of Arab workers' murderer die in accident

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"Popper was on a 48 hour furlough from prison and was expected back in prison on Thursday. He was sentenced to seven life sentences, though that was cut back to 40 years imprisonment. After serving a quarter of that Popper was allowed furloughs and has already left and returned to the prison 124 times. During his incarceration Popper married and serves his time in the religious wing of the Masiyahu prison.

Ami Popper was convicted of murdering seven Arab workers and the attempted murder of ten additional workers on May 20th of 1990. Popper was 21 years old at the time. At approximately 7:00 am he arrived at the Rose Garden junction between Rishon Lezion and Nes Ziona, with a Glilon assault rifle and five ammunition clips, which he had stolen from his brother, who was a soldier.

Popper demanded of the Arab workers waiting at the junction to line up and asked to see their ID cards. When a car with West Bank license plates drove by Popper stopped it and forced the passengers to join the lineup at gunpoint. Afterwards Popper opened fire at the line, killing seven of the workers.

The murder created a storm in Israel and the territories, where riots broke out and rioters were killed by IDF fire. Popper was immediately arrested after the murder and first claimed his motive had been his girlfriend's departure. Later he changed his story, claiming to have been raped by an Arab when he was 13 years old and was now seeking revenge."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3354022,00.html