Last update - 00:00 29/10/2006
Police claim breakthrough in 2004 Shefayim nightclub murder
By Roni Singer-Haruti and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents and Itim
Police on Sunday arrested two Netanya residents suspected in the murder of an 18-year-old youth outside a Shefayim nightclub in December 2004.
A Netanya Magistrate's Court extended the remands of Francoise and Avi Abutbul, who are said not to be cooperating with investigators. Both have prior criminal records.
The arrests are considered a breakthrough in the investigation into the death of Ra'anan Levi of Rishon Letzion which had languished for almost two years.
Levi was stabbed to death in a brawl that took place in a parking lot. A border policeman was moderately wounded trying to stop the assailants.
On the night of the murder police held a number of suspects for questioning but carried out the first arrests today.