Doctor indicted over attempt to have daughter's fiance killed - Haaretz

Subscribe to Print Edition

Wed., August 29, 2007 Elul 15, 5767

Israel Time: 19:10 (EST+7)

web haaretz.com

Back to Homepage

Print Edition

Diplomacy

Defense

Arts & Leisure

Real Estate

Jewish World

National

Advertising

Magazine

Week's End

Business

Opinion

Rosner's Domain

Anglo File

Books

Sports

del.icio.us

Digg It! new

Last update - 14:46 29/08/2007

Doctor indicted over attempt to have daughter's fiance killed

By Jack Khoury and Fadi Eyadat, Haaretz Correspondents

Haifa District prosecutors indicted on Wednesday Dr. Salim Safia, a resident of the northern village of Kfar Yasif, of attempting to hire a hit man to kill his daughter's fiance.

The indictment stated that Safia, 54, believed the fiance, Ramzi Safia, had "insulted his wife's honor."

The prosecutors told Haifa District Court that the accused's daughter had refused to break off the engagement to Ramzi Safia, a distant relative and lawyer by trade, when he told her to.

	Advertisement

Police started investigating the affair a few months ago, following Salim Safia's suspected involvement in a series of criminal acts. A bomb was placed underneath Ramzi Safia's car, shots were fired in his direction and his family home in Kfar Yasif was set alight.

After these incidents the engaged couple fled to an apartment at a secret location.

The indictment charges Salim Safia with attempting to persuade an Acre resident, Rami Abed Elhadi, to kill Ramzi Safia for $30,000 in addition to $5,000 in advance.

Abed Elhadi reported to the police, who used him as an informant. The police then persuaded him to put the accused in contact with a police agent who pretended to be a hit man called Yusri Abu Salam.

At a meeting between the three men, Salim Safia offered Salam $35,000 for murdering his daughter's fiance, only to be paid 24 hours after he had been shown the man's dead body.

During the same meeting the accused gave the so-called hit man two pictures of Ramzi Safia so he could identify his target. The agent asked for a few days to think about the offer and the accused told him he had to execute the murder within a month, and if not he would turn to other sources.

Bookmark to del.icio.us


	Baby 'weights'
	Baby Shape, Stroller Jogging and similar 'classes' combine aerobics and strength training.


	Take a second look
	Two second-hand clothing stores are finding fans and cutting down on waste.




1.	Doctor death & money.	16:50	\|	curious	29/08/07

Today Online


	Hezbollah to file lawsuits against Israel for war damage
	Responses: 138


	Hass: Israel, PA agree impoverishing Gaza will topple Hamas
	Responses: 34


	Arab farmers forced to sell land to non-Jews for sabbatical year
	Responses: 65


	Israel considering construction of fence on Egyptian border
	Responses: 76


	Haaretz.com TV: J'lem police keep the peace at naptime
	Responses: 14

Rosner's Domain

* Iraq and Gaza: History in combat

* Blog & poll: 3 writers critique the Walt-Mearsheimer book

* Why is Senator Shelby holding the Iran divestment bill?

* WTR: A sympathetic story about an Israeli settler?

More Headlines
18:50 Two Palestinian children killed in Gaza explosion


17:59 Security officials: IDF reducing troop presence in Golan in effort to ease tensions


18:40 Rights group: Hezbollah guilty of war crimes during 2006 conflict


18:47 Hospital refuses order to transfer paralyzed Palestinian girl


17:04 Israel, EU lawmakers blast UN meeting on Palestinian rights


19:09 Career soldier's gun accidentally discharges; brother critically hurt


18:42 Israeli archeologists warn Muslim dig could harm Temple Mount artifacts


17:15 Home Front chief says Sderot has enough fortified classrooms


18:51 Kiryat Shmona murder witness killed to stop him going to police


16:02 IDF major jailed for 28 days after mistakenly entering Jenin