{"id":451739,"date":"2026-05-20T20:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/451739\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T20:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:10:11","slug":"man-stabbed-to-death-in-synagogue-in-bnei-brak-in-front-of-his-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/451739\/","title":{"rendered":"Man stabbed to death in synagogue in Bnei Brak in front of his son"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man was stabbed to death in Bnei Brak, with the suspected perpetrator arrested three hours later, police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The victim, 45-year-old Yishai Por, had been studying with his 13-year-old son in a kollel study hall inside a synagogue in the largely Haredi city, Hebrew outlets reported.<\/p>\n

He was taken to the hospital with critical injuries following the attack and later pronounced dead by medical staff there.<\/p>\n

Police said a 52-year-old suspect was arrested three hours later in Beit Shemesh and tasked the Dan Precinct\u2019s crime-fighting unit with overseeing the investigation.<\/p>\n

According to the i24 news outlet, the suspected perpetrator is a homeless person with a history of mental illness who attended the study hall in recent days and began arguing with the victim over not being called up to the Torah \u2014 a ritual honor \u2014 during a prayer service.<\/p>\n

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The suspect threatened to \u201ctake care of\u201d the victim, the report said.<\/p>\n


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