10 indicted over their part in fatal beating of teenager in 2022
Ten people, nine of them minors, are indicted on charges of causing injury under aggravated circumstances for their part in the brutal beating and subsequent death of Yoel Lhanghal, 18, in Kiryat Shmona in 2022.
One of those charged is also indicted on obstruction of justice charges.
Earlier this month, Liad Edri was sentenced to five and a half years in jail for the death of Lhanghal on charges of aggravated assault with intent, as well as obstruction of justice, after signing a plea bargain in which the murder charge was dropped.
According to the indictment filed against the 10 youths and young men, a verbal confrontation developed between Edri and Lhanghal. Those indicted were part of a group of some 14 youths who then attacked Lhanghal with sticks, rocks and other weapons, and repeatedly kicked him, even after he was stabbed in the stomach.
The charge of causing injury under aggravated circumstances is punishable by up to six years when perpetrated with any type of weapon, or in a group.
The Nazareth District Court ruled earlier this month that it had not been possible to determine who stabbed Lhanghal during the attack causing his death.
Surveillance footage of the killing showed dozens pouncing on Lhanghal at a party, hitting him and punching him until he collapsed.
Three police officers were indicted for obstructing justice in the aftermath of the attack. According to a report by the Kan public broadcaster, the daughter of one of the officers had been in a relationship with Edri.