A man in his 30s was found decapitated late Thursday in a public park in Tel Aviv’s Kiryat Shalom neighborhood, police said. A suspect was arrested hours later.
Police said the victim, described as a foreign worker, was discovered in bushes in a public garden near Nili Street. Medics from Magen David Adom were called to the scene at 10:33 p.m. and pronounced him dead.
Police near the scene of the murder
(Video: Mickey Schmidt, Meir Turgeman)
Officers launched searches in the area for evidence and potential suspects. Tel Aviv police chief Haim Sargrof held a situational assessment at the scene, and the investigation was transferred to the Ayalon District’s anti-crime unit.
Residents who gathered near the site said they were shocked by the killing as police cordoned off the area and conducted searches.
In a separate incident that occurred around the same time, Tahelil Amer was shot to death in Kafr Qassem. She was found near an olive grove and pronounced dead at the scene.