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Daniel Margoshin, 34 years old from Ashdod, who is suspected of murdering Ilana Azgadian and setting fire to her apartment on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv last month, was brought today (Tuesday) for a hearing on the extension of his detention at the city's Magistrate's Court.
At the same time, a prosecutor's statement was submitted against him - this is in preparation for the indictment that will be filed against him next Thursday along with a request for detention until the end of the proceedings.
According to the suspicion, during the investigation it became clear that Margoshin had a prior and intimate acquaintance with Azgadian and he had talked with her several times before.
The signs of violence on the body of 35-year-old Azgadian, who lived in Tel Aviv after arriving in Israel from Russia, indicate that the police estimate that this was a murder.
Margoshin allegedly stabbed her about 20 times.
On the same day, the police arrested Margoshin while he was still covered in blood, as a suspect in the act.
"A single mother of two daughters at the age of 10 - did everything for her family"/Official website, no
"She was a single mother of two girls around the age of 10, whose grandparents looked after them while Ilana was in Israel," she told Walla!
Azgadian's best friend who asked to remain anonymous.
"Ilana did everything just for her family. She told her daughters that they will join her in Israel in the future."
The company said that Azgadian was born in Armenia and moved to live in Russia.
She came to Israel several years ago in order to find a living and send the money to her daughters and parents.
During her stay in Israel, she began the process of conversion and receiving official citizenship, and even used to go to the studio for Hebrew studies.
"Now I don't know what will happen to her daughters," the friend said painfully.
"She really wanted and talked about building her life in Israel, bringing her childhood here. She already told the children that they would learn Hebrew and join her here."
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"There was a kind of girl who never cried in her life," said Ilana's friend/ZAKA
The two met a few years ago, when they wanted to meet new Russian-speaking friends living in Israel.
The company says they spent a lot of time together.
"Ilana was a very confident girl," said the friend.
"She didn't share her fears or concerns with people. She was the kind of girl who never cried in life. She was also very smart, and had a wide general knowledge. She was constantly asking questions in the classes at the studio and wanted to learn as much as possible."
Margoshin, the suspect in Azgadian's murder, was arrested that same evening at the central station in Jerusalem, after detectives tracked him throughout the day.
While being questioned, he pulled out a large knife at the detectives and began to move towards them quickly.
Due to the danger he posed - the detectives responded by shooting at him.
The crimes attributed to him are arson and murder with special cruelty or abuse.
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