Israeli police are investigating a possible connection between a murder in Umm al-Fahm on Sunday morning and the assassination on Highway 65 on June 12, in which a man was killed by a car bomb, according to N12. A man was shot dead in Umm al-Fahm earlier today; a suspect is being examined.
Israeli police are examining whether the murder in Umm al-Fahm on Sunday morning is linked to an assassination on Highway 65 on June 12, according to N12. In the June 12 incident, a 51-year-old man was killed when a car bomb exploded on Highway 65 in northern Israel; his wife was lightly wounded. The victim was later identified as Imad Aghbariya, whose son Ahmad had been murdered less than a month earlier.
The victim of Sunday's shooting in Umm al-Fahm is not yet named, and no suspect has been reported in custody. Police have opened an investigation into the suspected murder; the initial report indicated the crime scene may have been tampered with before officers arrived, as The Zioneer reported on an earlier murder in the same city on June 8.
What remains unconfirmed is whether a specific suspect has been identified linking the two incidents, and what the motive may be. The inquiry is at an early stage.
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