Hundreds gather on Seattle beach to remember American activist killed by Israeli military

Hundreds of people turned out at a beach in Washington for an evening vigil remembering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, the 26-year-old human rights activist from Seattle killed by the Israeli military during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week. Many attendees carried photographs of Eygi in her graduation cap. They laid roses, sunflowers or carnations at a memorial where battery-operated candles spelled out her name in the sand. Eygi, who also held Turkish citizenship, was killed while demonstrating against settlements in the West Bank. Her family has demanded an independent investigation.