On Friday, October 6, it became known about the progress made in the investigation into the murder of Reuven Schmerling, a resident of the settlement of Elkana.
Recall that the body of a 70-year-old Jewish businessman with traces of violence was found on Wednesday, October 4, on the territory of an industrial zone in Kafr-Qasem, in an abandoned building belonging to an unnamed enterprise .
In the interests of the investigation, a ban was imposed on the publication of any details of the investigation of the case. At the same time, the relatives of the murdered man are convinced that this is a crime motivated by ethnic hatred and that Reuven Schmerling was killed «for being a Jew and a settler.»
The police and the Shin Bet, who usually join the investigation of a murder if there is a suspicion that it was committed on the basis of national hatred, so far refrain from loud statements.
A version of the financial dispute that broke out between Schmerling and the Arab workers is being worked out. Nevertheless, this version does not exclude that the murder was committed on the basis of national hatred, Nana10 emphasizes.
On Friday afternoon, the funeral of Reuven Schmerling took place at the cemetery in the settlement of Elkana. More than a thousand people came to say goodbye to him.