The murdered children
Jerusalem - A five year old girl and a seven year old boy
were found dead Monday in a Jerusalem apartment on Ein Gedi Street. Their
mother was severely wounded. Police suspect the mother murdered her children
and attempted suicide.
The family made aliyah this year from Russia, but the
father remained in Moscow. The mother is originally from Ukraine.
Large police forces and ambulances arrived at the scene, as
well as forensic lab teams. The circumstances of the event remain unclear. MDA
paramedics that reached the apartment found the children suffered from stab
wounds all over their bodies.
An initial investigation suggested that the woman's sister,
who was staying at her apartment, woke up and saw the woman stabbing the
children. She said she tried to stop her sister but couldn't, and called a
neighbor, who called emergency services.
By the time police arrived at the scene, the children were
dead. It was further revealed that the suspect is divorced and that the
children's father is abroad.
Jerusalem Police Spokesman Shmulik Ben Rubi said that the family
is not known to the police. The suspect was rushed to the Hadassah Ein Kerem
Hospital in Jerusalem with severe injuries in her torso, and was immediately
transferred to surgery.
Moriah District Police Commander Haim Blumenfeld said at the
scene that emergency services received a report regarding a woman who locked
herself in her apartment. Police forces that were alerted to the scene climbed
into the apartment through the neighbor's balcony and were met with the
horrific sight of the two dead children.
Blumenfeld said, "We believe, from the initial
investigation, that the mother murdered the children, and then tried to commit
suicide. Her sister, who was asleep, tried to fight with the mother when she
saw her attacking the children, then called a neighbor, who called emergency
services."
Yossi Regev, the neighbor who called police, told that
he tried to comfort the suspect's sister in the moments that passed until
police arrived. He said the sister has lived in the apartment for about six
months, and that she was not wounded, but had blood on her.
The mother had a page on the Index website, a Russian social
network similar to Linkedin, where she wrote, "I love classical music. I
play the flute professionally and have played with several classical orchestras
in Moscow. I want to dedicate my life to music and charity." The mother
also wrote she'd like to bring "music, joy and beauty" to the world.
The mother's facebook page, written mainly in Russian, sheds
some light about her education and work while she lived in Moscow. Her last
status was on September 3, and featured pictures of her children and wishes for
the New Year.
She also repeatedly posted quotes from Ecclesiastes.
The family made aliyah this year. In Moscow, the mother
studied in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and was later employed in the music
and literature field. There is a photo on her page of a double homicide crime
scene where lawyer Natan Gorno and his daughter, Yamit, were murdered.
She also shared her cultural preferences on the page: Mainly
theater and music. The mother said she was a fan of Miles Davis, Billie
Holiday, Beyonce, Michael Jackson and Bob Marley.
Police stated they were checking the mother's mental
background.
Last July, Ali Amtirat was accused of murdering his two
young daughters, Asinad and Rimas Dandis, aged two and four. According to his
indictment Amtirat killed the children over custody battles with his wife, Abir
Dandis, after she left with the girls.
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