Police arrest 7 in connection with triple homicide last month

Police arrested seven suspects in connection with a triple homicide that rattled the northern Arab town of Abu Snan last month.

The murders took place on February 3, just after midnight, when three young men were gunned down in a convenience store by assailants who fled the scene. The victims were named as Wajdi Kheir, Haitem Zainati and Natan Mashlab.

The three were apparently murdered in an act of revenge for another killing two weeks prior in the nearby village of Jadeidi-Makr.

The investigation was handled by law enforcement’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit. Police detectives found a handgun in one of the suspect’s homes, says a spokesman.

Police are expected to request to extend the suspects’ detention at a hearing in the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court later today.