Eyewitness: Tiberias man was clutching ex-wife’s head ‘like a helmet’

A Tiberias man who was arrested on suspicion of murdering and beheading his ex-wife was seen walking around clutching her head like a helmet before attempting to set it on fire.

“At first I thought he was walking around with a doll’s head, I didn’t realize what it was, he was standing next to the dumpster and was trying to burn it,” Wissam Darawshe tells the Ynet news site.

“He walked up to me as if nothing was wrong and said: ‘Call the fire department because there’s a fire burning that I’m not able to put out,'” he says.

“He had her head under his arm the whole time. It was wrapped in a towel, he was holding it like a helmet, and I did not realize what it was at first,” Darawshe continues.

Police say the 34-year-old suspect set fire to his ex-wife’s apartment after murdering her.