Police on Wednesday arrested two suspects in the murder of a Netanya Yungerman who was found stabbed to death in the coastal city.
The two suspects, aged 22 and 35, studied with the victim. An initial investigation found that the three students were involved in an altercation earlier Wednesday night, and police suspect the fight led to the stabbing.
Police found the victim, age 24, at around 4:30 a.m., laying in critical condition in an open area near residential buildings in northern Netanya. Magen David Adom paramedics arrived on the scene and brought the man to Laniado Hospital where he was declared dead after a shortly after arrival.
“We found the man lying unconscious with stab wounds across his body, including his hands and legs. We began to perform CPR on the way to the trauma unit where he succumbed to his wounds,” said paramedic Erez Angel, who arrived at the scene of the incident.
Twenty-four-year-old David Mansharov was stabbed to death overnight Wednesday during a brawl between yeshiva students in Netanya.
Two suspects, Avi Ben-Naim (22) and Yitzhak Hanuka (25), have been arrested in connection with the stabbing. The court extended their remand by eight days.
The victim and the suspects all studied and lived at Rabbi Amos Gueta’s yeshiva, located near the scene of the crime.
Officers who arrived at the scene at around 4:30 am found the victim laying in critical condition in an open area near residential buildings on Professor Shor Street in Netanya’s Neve Herzl neighborhood. He was evacuated to Laniado Hospital, where he was declared dead shortly after arrival.
A black kippah and a blunt object, which was apparently used to kill Mansharov, were found at the scene. Police apprehended the two suspects during a search of the area.
Investigators said the three yeshiva students are known to police, and estimated that the fight erupted following an ongoing argument over a halachic ruling.
Neighbors who witnessed the incident said they heard the suspected assailants yell, “What you did was not Jewish” in Mansharov’s direction.
The two suspects, police said, are exercising their right to remain silent.