The court in the court extended by 4 days the detention of Aryeh Schiff, the suspect who shot to death a burglar who tried to steal his car • "All my life I will have to live with the fact that I killed a man"
"I acted to prevent the theft of the vehicle."
Arie Schiff in court
Photography:
Dudu Greenspan
The Magistrate's Court in Be'er Sheva today (Tuesday) extended by four days the detention of Aryeh Schiff, 70, who is suspected of shooting to death a burglar who tried to steal his vehicle.
Schiff is suspected of lightly killing Muhammad Salam-Alatrash, 36, on Saturday night, near his home in Arad.
Police asked to extend his detention by six days.
Schiff said during the hearing that he was sorry for Muhammad's death: "I am very sorry. All my life I will have to live with the fact that I killed a person unintentionally. My sorrow is deep, for taking a person's life. There was no intention, and when I was there was no "I have no intention of killing him. I am very sorry for the tragic event," he said.
A police investigation revealed that Schiff spotted the burglar while trying to steal his vehicle, and opened fire at him.
After an initial interrogation, Schiff was arrested, and during his interrogation he claimed that he acted as he did not to kill.
"I fired at the wheels of the vehicle. I did not intend to hit it at all."
"I saw that the vehicle was not in his parking lot. I went out and shouted at him to stop, and he did not stop. I went back inside, took my gun with a license and fired two shots, one at the wheels, and one of the bullets hit him. I acted to prevent the vehicle being stolen. We have vehicles, "he said during the interrogation.
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