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THE RUNDOWN | Ethiopians in Israel protested heavily in areas of the country against what they see as police brutality and racism. Why has political reaction been limited? Our Alec Pollard reports from the scene.

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Dozens of Israelis of Ethiopian origin protested Monday morning in front of the Zvulun police station in Haifa, following the death of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah who was shot and killed on Sunday night by an off-duty police officer.

Protests intensified later during the day, as demonstrators blocked Highway 22 for traffic north to Haifa and lit tires on fire. A few protesters lay on the road and blocked the exits, said a witness according to reports in Israel.

The officer who shot Solomon in the northern neighborhood of Haifa, Kiryat Haim, was released Monday afternoon under house arrest as police probe the circumstances of the incident.

“Overnight, a police officer was arrested on suspicion of unlawful killing following an event during which a 19-year-old was shot dead in Kiryat Haim,” the Police Internal Investigations Department said in a statement.

The officer involved claimed that he was trying to break up a street brawl he came across while off-duty when three youths attacked him, hurling stones at him. Eyewitness testimony, however, disputed the officer's claim that his life was in danger when he opened fire.

The incident sparked protests and renewed accusations of police brutality and prejudice against Ethiopian-Israelis.

Latest tensions between police and the Israeli Ethiopian community took place last January when thousands protested in Tel Aviv against police violence and brutality.

The protesters burned trashcans and threw bottles at police, after a mentally unstable young man, Yehuda Biadga, was shot to death, sparking anger and accusations of unfair police treatment.

Israel's Ethiopian community now numbers around 140,000 people, including more than 50,000 born in the Jewish state.

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