Petah Tikvah police on Thursday arrested a man who confessed to stabbing his 25-year-old stepson to death in the early hours of the morning.

Police forces and rescue teams arrived at the victim's apartment at 3 A.M. after receiving notification of a stabbing. They found the victim lying in his bed with a knife in his heart.

The victim's mother, who was in the house when police arrived, said that the suspect had gotten drunk with his stepson before the incident and began arguing with him about something apparently insignificant.

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The victim and his mother both asked the suspect to leave the house after the argument. The suspect left the premises and returned at about 2:30 A.M. with a knife. He then entered the victim's room and stabbed him to death.

When the suspect told his wife he had committed the murder, she ran into her son's room and tried to resuscitate him to no avail, after which she called the police.