The indictment filed Thursday against Binyamin Friedrich for the murder of Rabbi Amos Guetta reveals that Friedrich confessed to the stabbing after an intensive investigation, according to i24NEWS. The prosecution also requested to extend his remand.
The indictment against Binyamin Friedrich, filed Thursday at the Tel Aviv District Court, details that Friedrich confessed to the fatal stabbing of Rabbi Amos Guetta after an intensive police investigation, i24NEWS reports. The prosecution also filed a request to extend Friedrich's remand.
Friedrich, a yeshiva student, was arrested in July following the murder of Rabbi Guetta, a prominent kabbalist in Netanya, on the morning of July 1. According to the indictment, Friedrich asked to pray with the rabbi before stabbing him four times. The rabbi's assistant was injured while trying to intervene.
The Zioneer reported earlier Thursday that the indictment had been filed; the confession and the remand extension request are new details from the filing. The case continues to be handled by the Tel Aviv District Prosecutor's Office.
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