Beit Shemesh police detained a 23-year-old resident of the city for questioning on suspicion of threatening to harm the Israeli prime minister in a WhatsApp group with hundreds of members.
In recent days, the Israeli police learned that a man posted a message on a public WhatsApp group of which he is a member, in which he wrote: "Then there will be a weapon for everyone and an opportunity to knock Bibi in the head."
Netanyahu. Threats of harm, photo: Avshalom Shoshoni
The exchange of correspondence in the WhatsApp group, photo: None
It is suspected that the announcement was written against the backdrop of a discourse that developed in the group on the issue of distributing weapons to civilians after the murderous attack in Ali this week. The suspicion also said that the law is not interesting and you do not need a weapons license to carry it. As stated, the police opened an investigation, and police investigators quickly traced the identity of the suspect.
Netanyahu on the post against him: "Explicit threat of murder, real danger to democracy", (archive)
On Friday, the suspect was brought to a court hearing where the police asked to extend his detention in order to continue the investigation and complete it. The judge, who was impressed at the hearing that the evidence pointed to suspicion of threatening offenses and even incitement to violence, decided to release him under restrictive conditions.
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