A 40-year-old man stabbed his 84-year-old father to death at their home in Rehovot on Tuesday afternoon, then called MDA to report the stabbing. Paramedics found the father unconscious with severe penetrating wounds and pronounced him dead at the scene. The son, who has a known history of mental health issues and had made threats in the past, confessed to the killing when police arrived.
**What happened**
On Tuesday afternoon (16:18), a 40-year-old resident of Rehovot called MDA emergency services and said: "I stabbed my father, come quick." Paramedics arriving at the scene found an 84-year-old man unconscious with severe penetrating wounds throughout his body. Despite advanced medical treatment and resuscitation efforts, the medical team was forced to pronounce him dead at the scene. The son was taken into custody and confessed to the stabbing, according to MDA and police statements relayed via the reporting channel.
**Background**
The suspect has documented mental health issues and had previously made threats, police sources noted. This incident follows an earlier violent event in Rehovot on the same street, Peki'in Street, where an elderly man was murdered on Tuesday morning and his 40-year-old son was arrested — as The Zioneer reported earlier today (14:19, 14:35). The connection between the two events is under investigation; the earlier victim was reported to be in his 80s and the suspect his son, matching the details of this incident. Police are treating the case as a domestic violence homicide.
**What remains unclear**
The exact location within the home, motive, and whether a weapon other than a knife was used have not been specified in initial reports. The suspect's mental state evaluation has not yet been ordered.
3 developments
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- DevelopingTzipi returns to the site where her father was killed before her eyes
- DevelopingMan arrested after attacking elderly man with a brick at Eilat bus stop
Source and signal
- Internal intake