A teenager was stabbed to death amid a fight over a girl in northern Israel

A 17-year-old boy from Shlomi in western Galilee was stabbed to death in his hometown on Monday night. The teams of Magnus David Edom (MDA) found him without any signs of life and determined his death on the spot. Police launched an investigation into the circumstances of the incident and arrested a 15-year-old boy from the same locality on suspicion of committing the murder.

The 15-year-old boy was arrested from his family home a few dozen meters from the scene of the murder. The background of the incident is a fight over a girl. The investigation has been handed over to the department for the fight against crime in the Asher area. During interrogation, the boy claimed that he was called for clarification by the slain boy and claimed on his face that he had approached the girl. He linked himself to the incident and claimed that he was first attacked and another boy tried to stab him in the neck. His defense lawyer Moti Levy said he was arguing for self-defense: “Things will become clear during the police and court investigation.”

The stabbing incident took place around 3 am in the Nathan Elbaz residential area. According to the children of the locality, both the boys were friendly, but sometimes there was a quarrel between them.

“It’s nothing, children’s bullshit,” the neighborhood boys who gathered in shock near the site told Walla! “We loved him, he was a good boy, a boy who was always happy, never got into trouble. We never saw him in violent situations,” he said of the murdered boy, who had just graduated . “He liked to ride horses, participated in competitions.

It is being told that the arrested 15-year-old boy is living with his father near the place of stabbing. “He ended the life of a child, ended his life, and ended two families. Unfortunate people,” he said. “We didn’t hear anything, we woke up only when the police arrived.”

Gabi Naaman, the head of the local council, said: “It is a great shock and very sad to wake up like this in the morning. It is a great tragedy for the entire community of Shlomi.” “I spoke immediately this morning with the mother of the slain teenager and the commander of the Naharia police department, who updated me. I called the welfare department and we will do everything possible. We have to deal with a major crisis in the community. There Nothing like this has happened in the seven decades of the community’s existence. We will learn what to fix and do what is necessary.”

According to the message received by the police, the boy, who had no criminal record, was found lying on the road. On getting the information, the police started investigation, in which they started looking for the suspects and gathered evidence on the spot.

MDA paramedic Eliana Agassi said, “The injured man was lying unconscious on the sidewalk and his body was stabbed.” “We did medical tests, but he was without signs of life and we had no choice but to determine his death.”

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