Biden says Israeli killing of US-Turkish activist appears to be ‘accident’

US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he departs from the White House in Washington, U.S., September 10, 2024. (REUTERS)

This undated family photo provided by the International Solidarity Movement on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, shows Aysenur Ezgi Eygi of Seattle. (AP)

• "Eygi's family in the US released a statement saying “we are deeply offended by the suggestion that her killing by a trained sniper was in any way unintentional"

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Israel’s killing of a US-Turkish activist during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week appeared to have been an accident.
“Apparently it was an accident — it ricocheted off the ground, and she got hit by accident,” Biden told reporters, hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the killing was “unprovoked and unjustified.”