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Israel seeks shot Briton footage | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
Israel has asked the UK for more information on the death of British cameraman James Miller, who was shot in Gaza in May 2003. | |
Attorney general Menachem Mazuz has asked to see footage of the incident, which was filmed by a local TV crew. | |
It comes as a deadline set by the UK government for Israel to open a criminal investigation expired. | |
An Israeli inquiry cleared a soldier of firearms misuse but a UK inquest later ruled Mr Miller was unlawfully killed. | An Israeli inquiry cleared a soldier of firearms misuse but a UK inquest later ruled Mr Miller was unlawfully killed. |
Mr Miller, from Devon, was filming a documentary when he was shot dead in the town of Rafah. His family says there is clear evidence the 34-year-old was killed by an Israeli soldier. | |
White flag | White flag |
The film has already been analysed by an acoustic expert working for the Metropolitan Police. He concluded that the shots fired that night came from only one direction - from where an Israeli armoured personnel carrier was located. | |
In the footage, Mr Miller is seen waving a white flag as he steps from a building in Gaza. There is a shot. His colleague shouts, "We're British journalists." | |
There is then a second shot, which hits Mr Miller in the neck. | |
British officials have told the BBC they aim to deliver the original film within a week, and that they expect to hear from the Israeli authorities again within a further four to five weeks. | |
At the end of June, the UK attorney general at the time, Lord Goldsmith, gave the Israeli authorities until 7 August to open a criminal investigation. | |
But British officials and Mr Miller's family say they are willing to be flexible on the timetable, as long as the Israeli attorney general takes the new evidence into account. | |