Jerusalem man who killed self amid graft probe named

The Jerusalem municipal official who took his life has been named in the media as Danny Katz.

Medical and rescue workers at the Jerusalem home of a local government official, who was under investigations for corruption, was found dead in a suspected suicide on August 12, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

According to Channel 12 news, Katz, who leaped off his fifth story balcony in the capital, left behind a note proclaiming his innocence, but admitting to contact with central suspect Zion Turgeman, who is suspected of running a bribery scheme.

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