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IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on Monday relieved one officer of duty and ordered four more formally censured for their roles in the suicide of a Military Police informant, following the completion of a months-long probe into the incident, the army said.
Last September, two former IDF Military Police officers were indicted for failing to properly report on the mental health of one of their informants, Cpl. Niv Lubaton, a soldier in the Givati Infantry Brigade, who was later found dead outside his base in southern Israel.
The two officers, who are still on trial, were attempting to recruit Lubaton, who was in a squad commander training course, to provide information about drug dealing on the army’s Bislah Base in southern Israel in January 2019. Lubaton initially agreed, but called back his handlers an hour and a half later, telling them he wouldn’t do it and indicating he intended to harm himself.
www.timesofisrael.com
The whole thing is terribly sad.
Last September, two former IDF Military Police officers were indicted for failing to properly report on the mental health of one of their informants, Cpl. Niv Lubaton, a soldier in the Givati Infantry Brigade, who was later found dead outside his base in southern Israel.
The two officers, who are still on trial, were attempting to recruit Lubaton, who was in a squad commander training course, to provide information about drug dealing on the army’s Bislah Base in southern Israel in January 2019. Lubaton initially agreed, but called back his handlers an hour and a half later, telling them he wouldn’t do it and indicating he intended to harm himself.
Officer fired, 4 others censured after soldier informant dies by suicide
After probe, IDF chief chides Military Police investigators for their source recruitment methods, reprimands soldier's commanders for failing to locate him after he went missing
www.timesofisrael.com
The whole thing is terribly sad.
