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Friday, June 4, 1999 | return to: international
Ex-navy chief kills self after Dakar found
by JERUSALEM (JPS) -- Adm. Michael "Yomi" Barkai, a former head of the Israel Navy, died last Friday under tragic circumstances. He, Barkai, who was suffering from cancer, reportedly shot himself shortly after hearing that the Dakar had been found. His brother,
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In 1976, he was appointed commander of the navy but resigned in 1979 after an investigation was launched into charges he had sexually assaulted a female non-commissioned officer. While a military tribunal acquitted Barkai of the charges, it also ruled that it believed he had committed the acts of which he was accused.
Barkai's health had deteriorated over the past year.
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