Man stabbed to death in Netanya brawl, second man critically hurt

30-year-old man killed, 27-year-old man taken to Laniado Hospital; police arrest one suspect, not treating incident as terrorism

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death on Thursday in an apparent altercation in Netanya, police and paramedics said.

The incident, on the city’s Ve’idat Helsinki street, left another man, 37, critically injured.

Magen David Adom paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene and took the other injured man, in critical and unstable condition, to nearby Laniado Hospital.

Police said they have arrested a suspect, a resident of Netanya. The incident was not being treated as terrorism.

The police added that the suspect was known to have a dispute with one of the men who were stabbed.

According to reports, the altercation began in a nearby apartment before spilling onto the street, according to the Maariv newspaper.

 

 

 

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