Police arrest man on suspicion of murder after victim found lifeless in Acre

Police arrest a man on suspicion of murder after finding a man’s lifeless body in a house in Acre.

The slain victim is the third person to fall prey to homicide within a day, following two lethal shootings in the north over the weekend.

Officers from the Acre police station received a call about a violent incident in the afternoon. They arrived at the residence to find a man in his 50s unconscious, with clear injuries to his body.

Magen David Adom paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Police say they are still investigating the circumstances of the lethal incident.

Earlier, 57-year-old Suleiman Ziadat was shot to death in Nazareth. He was found unconscious by paramedics in the city and pronounced dead at the scene.

In Haifa’s Rambam Hospital, 28-year-old Muhammad Abed Abu al-Basal, shot Friday in the northern city of Tamra, succumbed to his wounds.

Police have launched investigations into the latter two incidents. No arrests have yet been reported in either case.