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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Prisoner at Beersheba prison suspected of blackmailing prison guard
A prisoner at a Beersheba prison has been taken in for questioning on suspicion of blackmailing a prison guard.
Kutayer Odeh, the jailed head of a criminal organization, allegedly made demands relating to improving the conditions of his imprisonment and visitations.
He will be brought before a judge to tomorrow to determine the status of his detention, beyond his current imprisonment, in accordance with the needs of the ongoing investigation, police say.