The Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on Saturday evening extended by ten days the detention of Vladislav Popov, 23, on suspicion of murdering his parents, Olivia and Sergei on Friday in their apartment in Netanya. The son allegedly stabbed his parents multiple times, turned on the gas tap and fled the apartment.
The double murder in Netanya: MDA paramedic Rafi Sheva addresses the incident // Photo: Shlomi Marczwiak, MDA operational documentation
The hearing heard that Vladislav claimed during interrogation that he acted in self-defense. According to him, his father stabbed his mother and he tried to protect his mother and confronted his father. The court sent him for psychiatric observation.
The couple's bodies were discovered on Friday afternoon after neighbors alerted police due to a strong smell of gas coming from the apartment. When the forces arrived at the apartment, they discovered the bodies. At first, the police thought the bodies belonged to the mother and son. It was suspected that the father had committed the murder. Later it turned out that the bodies belonged to the mother and father and a manhunt was conducted for the son. Police were able to locate him and arrest him.
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