The sister of Bar Asraf, 30, a survivor of the Nova music festival massacre who was found dead Sunday night, described in detail the moment she discovered his body at the grave of his friend Liron Barda, who was murdered on October 7. 'I saw him lying by the grave, I told him to get up, then I realized he was covered in blood,' she said. She recounted that her father began CPR but she knew it was the end. The family had previously said they did not see his distress.
On Monday, Bar Asraf's sister provided a detailed account of the moment she discovered his body at the grave of his friend Liron Barda, who was murdered on October 7. In her testimony, she described finding him lying by the grave, covered in blood, and watching her father attempt CPR. 'I saw him lying by the grave, I told him to get up, then I realized he was covered in blood,' she said. She noted that he died 'in the place he most wanted to be, with the woman he most wanted to be with.'
The initial reports on Sunday (Aug 2) at 16:20 Jerusalem stated that Asraf, 30, a survivor of the Nova music festival massacre, took his own life on Saturday evening at the Elkana cemetery, near the grave of Barda. It was also reported that he had attended his brother's wedding just days before. Later that day, his sister said the family had not realized the extent of his distress, noting that he had changed profoundly after Barda's death.
As The Zioneer previously reported, the trauma of the October 7 massacre has had a profound impact on survivors. Asraf was a resident of Sha'arei Tikva. The circumstances of his death remain under investigation, and the family's awareness of his psychological state has been a central theme.
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