Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh has agreed to the request of Jerusalem District Commander Yoram Halevy and will award a medal of honor to Yossi Kirma, an officer in the Yassam Special Patrol Unit of the Israel Police who was murdered in a shooting attack in Jerusalem two years ago and prevented a much larger attack.
The police initially decided to grant Kirma the Police Commissioner’s citation, but following a protest by his father, it was decided to award him the medal of honor at a ceremony to take place in two weeks. Uzi Kirma, Yossi’s father, will receive the medal in his son’s name.
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