Indian rickshaw driver killed while crossing Israel border, family says he was promised a job
1 week, 6 days ago

Indian rickshaw driver killed while crossing Israel border, family says he was promised a job

Hindustan Times  

The family of 47-year-old Thomas Gabriel Perera, who was shot dead while illegally crossing into Israel, has said that the Kerala native was a victim of a job scam. Perera, an autorickshaw driver in Kerala, was killed by Jordanian security forces at the border with Israel on February 10 when he tried to illegally cross the border. When the job offer in Jordan did not materialise, he tried to enter Israel as he was told he could find work there, the report quoted his family as saying. According to a letter sent to the family of the deceased by the Indian embassy in Jordan, "security forces tried to stop them but they did not listen to the warning, the guards opened fire on them".

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Indian man killed at Jordan border duped by Rs 3.5 lakh job scam, says family
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Indian man killed at Jordan border duped by Rs 3.5 lakh job scam, says family

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The family of an Indian man who was shot dead while illegally crossing into Israel, claimed he was a victim of a job scam. On February 10, Perera and Charlas joined a group that travelled for hours to Jordan’s border with Israel. A letter from the Indian embassy in Jordan to Perera’s family states that “security forces tried to stop …

Kerala man Ani Thomas Gabriel shot dead at Jordan-Israel Border, family seeks justice
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Kerala man Ani Thomas Gabriel shot dead at Jordan-Israel Border, family seeks justice

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In a sad incident, a man from Kerala was reportedly shot dead at the Jordan-Israel border, PTI quoted his relatives as saying. Ani Thomas Gabriel was shot on February 10, when Jordanian soldiers opened fire at the border. Kerala mass murder: A 23-year-old youth in Kerala confessed to brutally killing five people — his brother, grandmother, paternal uncle, aunt, and …

‘He asked me to pray for him’: Wife of Kerala man shot dead in Jordan recalls last chat
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‘He asked me to pray for him’: Wife of Kerala man shot dead in Jordan recalls last chat

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The wife of a man from Kerala'S Thiruvanthapuram who was shot dead in Jordan by security forces, said that in his last call to her they talked for only two minutes and he asked her to pray for him, reported ANI. A man from Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala was shot dead in Jordan and had asked his wife to pray for him …

Kerala man killed at Jordan-Israel border
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Kerala man killed at Jordan-Israel border

Hindustan Times  

A man from Thiruvananthapuram district was shot dead allegedly by security forces in Jordan while he was trying to illegally cross the border to Israel, his family was told by the Indian Embassy in Amman via e-mail. A local panchayat representative said Gabriel ran an autorickshaw in the area before his trip to Jordan. Gabriel’s family members said they were …

Relative of Kerala man shot dead near Jordan border shares chilling account
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Relative of Kerala man shot dead near Jordan border shares chilling account

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A relative of the Kerala native allegedly killed by Jordanian security personnel said they were shot at while attempting to cross the border into Israel. Speaking to India Today, Edison said they were taken to Jordan by their friend Biju. The Indian Embassy in Jordan, in a post on X, said it was working with Jordanian authorities to bring his …

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