An indictment was filed Thursday against Binyamin Friedrich for the murder of Rabbi Amos Guetta. During the investigation, Friedrich reportedly claimed the rabbi was the 'false messiah' and expressed regret for not tearing the artery with his teeth, according to reports.
The indictment filed Thursday against Binyamin Friedrich for the murder of Rabbi Amos Guetta included new details from the investigation: Friedrich allegedly told investigators that the rabbi was the 'false messiah' and expressed regret for not tearing the artery with his teeth, according to reports. The development emerged after the formal indictment was filed at 15:57 Jerusalem.
The indictment, filed at 15:57 Jerusalem, reveals that Friedrich confessed to the stabbing after an intensive investigation, as The Zioneer reported. The suspect had remained silent for two weeks before being recorded in a police sting on July 15, as The Zioneer reported at the time. Friedrich, described as a yeshiva student and homeless person, was arrested in July.
As The Zioneer reported on July 15, police used a recorded sting to break Friedrich's silence after he refused to speak for two weeks. The recording was used to pressure him into cooperating with interrogators, though he has not yet provided a full version of the murder, according to earlier reports.
The case remains ongoing. Friedrich has not yet provided a full account of the murder, according to earlier reports.
4 developments
- DevelopingPolice Use Recording Sting to Break Suspect's Silence in Rabbi Guetta Murder
- DevelopingNetanya city council member, student of slain Rabbi Guetta, eulogizes him as a spiritual father
- StrongProminent Netanya kabbalist Rabbi Amos Guata eulogized as 'great loss' after morning stabbing
- StrongStudents mourn slain Netanya kabbalist Rabbi Amos Guetta at his hospital bedside
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