The husband of a woman murdered in Ramle in front of her young son this morning has been arrested along with two other relatives, according to Hebrew media reports. The Ynet news site reports that the victim’s mother-in-law is among those arrested.
Police confirm the arrests of three relatives without identifying them, saying they will be arraigned in court later today.
The victim is named as Wafa Abu Ghanem, 26. Authorities say she was shot in her car as her 4-year-old son and 14-year-old sister looked on.
According to the Abraham Initiatives, which monitors murder rates in the Arab community, Abu Ghanem is the 182nd victim of deadly violence in the community this year, marking a 7 percent increase over last year’s record-setting murder rate.
She is the second person to be killed within hours, after 19-year-old Muhammed Morad was stabbed to death in Haifa overnight, according to the group.
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