‘Mentally unstable’ man held for threatening to shoot PM
25-year-old Nazareth resident warns Netanyahu he is 'playing Russian roulette with your head'
A man who last week sent threatening messages to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was arrested on Monday.
A preliminary investigation determined the 25-year-old Nazareth Illit resident suffers from a mental illness, police said Tuesday according to Hebrew media reports.
“I am the king of the underworld, I am the king of the universe. I created my own empire, I press buttons and manage world systems,” the unidentified man wrote on September 4, apparently through the Prime Minister’s Office website.
“I have loaded my gun with a single iron bullet, and I’m playing Russian roulette with your head, Netanyahu,” the man wrote.
“I have soldiers everywhere, and I will send them to break down and destroy your energies,” he added.
“I am stronger than Moses and David, you have no one else to rely on because I am stronger than God. In the end, I will be prime minister,” he wrote in a later message.
He also demanded the prime minister deposit NIS 2.5 million in his bank account each month.
The suspect was to be brought before the Nazareth Magistrate’s Court later on Tuesday for a remand hearing.