Man allegedly stabs brother to death in the street
Police arrest Ashkelon man, who complained of years of insults by the victim
An Ashkelon man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of stabbing his younger brother to death in the street earlier in the day.
Police said the suspect, 25, was believed to have stabbed his 22-year-old brother in the heat of a quarrel between the two. According to a preliminary police assessment, the suspect threatened the victim with a kitchen knife, chased him into the street and stabbed him in the neck.
Paramedics who arrived at the scene treated the victim and rushed him to Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center, where he died of his wounds.
Witnesses at the scene alerted immediately authorities and the suspect was arrested. He was then taken to the police station in Ashkelon for investigation.
According to the detained suspect, the murder victim taunted and insulted him for years.