"If you do not remain silent, we will kill you": Two Be'er Sheva residents accused of violent robbery of a Holocaust survivor in the city

Chai Ben Naim and Shimon Levy are accused of coming to the elderly woman's house and demanding money, and after she started shouting, they covered her mouth, forced her and beat her, while they threatened her life.

Eventually, about ten thousand shekels and jewelry were stolen from the house, leaving her sprawled and injured on the floor.

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28/03/2022

Monday, 28 March 2022, 16:59 Updated: 17:25

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Two Be'er Sheva residents were charged today (Monday) with a violent robbery of a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor at her home in the city.

According to the indictment, Chai Ben Naim, 35, and Shimon Levy, 56, arrived at the elderly woman's home about three weeks ago and demanded money from her.

After she resisted, she was beaten, left the house after money and jewelry were stolen from him, leaving her sprawled on the floor.

The elderly woman was hospitalized for six days later.

According to the indictment, the two men arrived at the home of the Holocaust survivor in the evening, where she lives alone, wearing masks and gloves, and demanded money from her.

When she started screaming, they covered her mouth and told her "if you don't shut up we will kill you".

They then forced her hands and feet, beat her, threw her on the floor, dragged her and kept asking again "Where is the money?".

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They beat and threatened her.

The elderly woman who was robbed (Photo: Walla !, no)

In the end, the two stole a sum of about 10,000 shekels and a gold ring from the house, leaving the complainant bound and sprawled on the floor, and left her house.

This is according to the indictment.

She was hospitalized for six days.

The indictment attributes to two counts of aggravated robbery.

In addition, one of them is accused of trying to stab a police officer with scissors when he was detained for questioning, and therefore he is also charged with threatening offenses and attempting to assault a police officer in aggravated circumstances.

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