Victim of suspected terror attack in Haifa laid to rest
Guy Kafri had no enemies, was killed because he was a Jew, brother-in-law says, as manhunt for suspect intensifies
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The victim of a suspected terror attack in Haifa was laid to rest Thursday, two days after he was shot dead.
Guy Kafri, 48, was buried in the cemetery in the small town of Ofer, just south of the northern city. His funeral was attended by hundreds of mourners.
Shahar Dror, brother-in-law of the deceased, said in his eulogy that Kafri was killed solely because he was a Jew.
“He was a good man who helped everyone,” Dror told Channel 2. “We don’t understand what happened and hope the police get to the truth and we find out was behind Guy’s murder. He had no enemies.”
מאות ליוו למנוחות את גיא כפרי שנרצח בחיפה: "נרצח כי הוא יהודי" pic.twitter.com/oITo1nFPLk
— ידיעות אחרונות (@YediotAhronot) January 5, 2017
Thirty minutes before Kafri was gunned down, Yehiel Iluz, 48, a senior judge on a Haifa rabbinic court for conversion, was moderately wounded in a shooting, also in Haifa, which police are treating as connected.
First reports indicated a case of mistaken identity in a possible gangland shooting, but as the investigation progressed, police increasingly began to suspect terrorism. A gag order was placed on the investigation Tuesday and few details have been made available to the press.
On Wednesday, police intensified a manhunt for a suspect, raiding an abandoned home in the predominantly Arab neighborhood of Halissa in Haifa and searching it for over three hours, according to Hebrew media reports.
The unnamed suspect lives in the neighborhood, according to reports.
The Times of Israel Community.