Police say they have detained an Eritrean national suspected of involvement in the killing of an elderly man in Tel Aviv overnight.
The suspect, 40, is thought to have killed the victim, 71, during a robbery in south Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood in the predawn hours. The victim was also a foreign national.
Cops launched a manhunt in the area and arrested the man a short time later, police say. He has been transferred for questioning.
The Walla news site reports that the victim is thought to have died after being bludgeoned in the face with a rock.
Violent street crime is fairly rare in Israel, though residents of working-class neighborhoods in southern Tel Aviv have for years complained of rising lawlessness, with some blaming the arrival of thousands of African migrants.
Tel Aviv police chief Haim Sargrof and other top police officials visit the scene following the killing.
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