Ilan Halimi
| Ilan Halimi | |
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| Born | 11 October 1982 |
| Died | 13 February 2006 (aged 23)[1] Paris, France |
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Cause of death
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Injuries from torture |
| Occupation | Cell phone salesman |
Ilan Halimi (Hebrew: אילן חלימי) was a young French Jewish man of Moroccan descent [2] who was kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a group called the Gang of Barbarians and subsequently tortured, over a period of three weeks, resulting in his death.
Personal life[edit]
Halimi was a cell phone salesman[3] in Paris. He lived there with his divorced mother and his two sisters.
Kidnapping[edit]
Halimi was abducted and taken to Bagneux where he was held captive and tortured for three weeks. A demand for ransom was made to his parents. He was released and found in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. He died on the way to hospital.
Halimi was initially buried in the Cimetière parisien de Pantin near Paris. The funeral in Paris drew a large Jewish crowd.
He was reburied in Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel on February 9, 2007.[4] A garden in the Jerusalem Forest was named after him.
Aftermath[edit]
More than 1,000 persons marched through the streets of Paris, demanding justice for Ilan Halimi, on Sunday February 26, 2006.[5]
In May 2011, a garden in the 12th arrondissement of Paris was renamed after him. Halimi used to play in this garden as a child.
His mother (Ruth) published a book (written together with Émilie Frèche) about his case: 24 jours: la vérité sur la mort d’Ilan Halimi (Seuil, ISBN 978-2020910286).
References[edit]
- ^ König, Yaël (March 20, 2006). "Entretien avec Ruth Halimi" (in French). Primo-Europe. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ Fields, Suzanne (April 3, 2006). "The rising tide of anti-Semitism". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ Tale of Torture and Murder Horrifies the Whole of France, Michel Gurfinkiel, The New York Sun, February 22, 2006
- ^ Trials and Tribulations, by Brett Kline, (c) JTA, The Jewish Herald, July 24, 2009, pp. 20-23
- ^ Article on the European Jewish Press website
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