The late Eliyahu went out to ask for peace – and was stabbed to death outside a synagogue in Dimona

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The late Eliyahu Hazan, a 59-year-old worshiper in a synagogue on Europa Exit Street in Dimona, was murdered this evening (Saturday night), around 7:00 p.m., after he went out to warn a person who was chanting blasphemous chants in the middle of a prayer.

Rescuers evacuated the stabbed man in critical condition to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, while performing resuscitation operations, but unfortunately they had to pronounce him dead at the hospital.

The suspected stabber shouted profanities in front of the synagogue during prayer. The murdered Jew is a resident of the place who prayed in the synagogue and went to it to ask him to stop disturbing the worshipers.

The suspect – who, according to the Ynet website, is known to be mentally challenged – stabbed him once in the waist and caused his death.

Yosef Asor, medic and head of the Dimona branch of the rescue team, who gave him first aid at the scene: “We performed CPR on the man who was critically injured. According to passers-by, he was injured as a result of violence.”

Zion Rosilio, a senior medic at the Rescue Union: “After the initial aid we gave him at the scene, he was taken to the Soroka Medical Center in critical and unstable condition – where, unfortunately, he was pronounced dead.”

MDA paramedic Aviel Yafarah and MDA senior medic David Ramon said: “The injured man was lying on the entrance steps to the building unconscious and suffering from a stab wound in his body. We gave him medical treatment that included stopping the bleeding and bandages and evacuated him to the hospital while performing CPR when his condition was critical.”

Soroka Hospital reported that the man was evacuated lifeless: “Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead at the hospital.”

Police forces from the Dimona station arrived at the scene, began investigating the incident and scans, from which the suspect in the act, a 49-year-old resident of the city, was located and arrested.

A preliminary investigation by the police shows that the victim was stabbed due to a dispute between neighbors.

At the end of a situation assessment conducted by the Deputy Commander of the Negev Region, Assistant Superintendent Eyal Azoulai, the investigation was assigned to the Negev Governor.

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