A young man was shot dead in his car in the city of Kafr Qasim this evening.
The vehicle of the victim, 21-year-old Muhammad Badawi, disappeared by the time officers had reached the crime scene, police say.
The disappearance of the “primary piece of evidence” constituted a serious disruption of the crime scene, a spokesman for law enforcement says in a statement.
In light of the situation, Central District commander Yair Hetzroni assigned the investigation to the Sharon Region’s special crimefighting unit. Police suspect Badawi was killed on the backdrop of “a violent dispute within the Arab community.”
Since the start of the year, 136 Arab Israelis have been killed in violent criminal incidents as violent crime soars. Four members of the community have been killed over the past three days.
On Friday night, two men — 45-year-old Noor Hariri and 33-year-old Rami Othman — were shot dead in the northern city of Shfaram.
Yesterday, two women were targeted in a shooting in Lod, which left Nadia Hinawi, 63, dead. Her 52-year-old sister in law, Kifa Hinawi, was critically injured in the shooting and taken to the hospital last night.
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