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Indian worker found dead in Jerusalem apartment; police detain suspect from Eilat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA foreign worker from India was found dead in an apartment in Jerusalem’s Katamon neighborhood today, in what police are probing as murder.
Police saw the victim “stretched out in a house with a lot of blood surrounding him,” says Cdr. Yuval Reuven, the chief of the Moriah station. The exact cause of death remains unclear.
Police arrested a 31-year-old man from Eilat on suspicion of involvement in the killing and have transferred him for interrogation.
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