Police say they have solved the murder of Azmi Gharib, a 15-year-old boy who was shot to death at the entrance to his house in Nazareth last month.
Officers in the Lahav 433 major crimes unit have arrested three men in connection to the homicide and are working with state prosecutors to file charges, police announce.
A prosecutor’s declaration was filed today against the suspects, who reside in the coastal city of Jisr a-Zarqa and in Reineh, a town just north of Nazareth.
Officers also seized cloned license plates, five vehicles, two handguns and an AK-47 rifle in the men’s possession. An indictment is expected in the coming days.
The murdered teen was caught in the crossfire between the Hariri and Bakri crime families, whose rivalry has been wreaking havoc in the major Arab city.
Days before Gharib was shot dead, Adham Nasser and his 15-year-old son Nadim were killed in the city while installing security cameras outside a house. The assailants likely misidentified them.
Police suspect that the Bakri family managed to infiltrate Nazareth’s city hall. Officers have for months been probing the suspicion that the gang exploited connections with local politicians in order to take financial control of the municipality.
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