Police have opened a manhunt for the suspects in the murder of a 20-year-old man in the Arab-Israeli city of Taibeh and the wounding of another young man, Israeli media report. The incident is believed to be related to a family feud.
Police have launched a manhunt for the suspects in the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man in the Arab-Israeli city of Taibeh, with another young man wounded in the same incident, according to Israeli media. The motive is believed to be a family feud.
This latest killing follows a string of violence incidents in Taibeh over the weekend. At around 01:45 Jerusalem early Sunday, The Zioneer reported that a 19-year-old man was killed in a separate incident, and that a 20-year-old had died and another was seriously wounded in a prior incident—all three items bearing the same published timestamp. Earlier, at 00:31 Jerusalem on Saturday, a 20-year-old was seriously wounded in a stabbing, as The Zioneer reported. Police have not yet confirmed if any of these events are linked, but the rapid succession of incidents has raised concern over rising violence in the Arab sector.
Family feuds have long been a driver of violence in Arab communities across Israel. As The Zioneer has reported in recent weeks, similar motives have been cited in murders in Rahat (indictments filed in June) and an attempted revenge attack in East Jerusalem's Anata area. Investigations into the current Taibeh killings are ongoing, with police yet to make any arrests or issue a formal statement on the connection between the incidents.
It remains unclear whether the manhunt will yield suspects in the coming hours, and whether the weekend's events represent a single feud spiraling or multiple unrelated attacks. No official on-record confirmation of the family feud motive has been provided.
4 developments
- Developing20-year-old seriously wounded, unconscious, in stabbing in Taibeh
- DevelopingSuspected murder in Umm al-Fahm: man shot dead, police open investigation
- DevelopingSuspect in Rehovot elderly murder is victim's 40-year-old son
- DevelopingPalestinian Youth Arrested in Anata on Suspicion of Planned Revenge Attack; Weapons Seized
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