Holon road rage killing suspect set to face murder charge after public outcry

by Shane Doe · November 26, 2022

Police mentioned Friday they may pursue a homicide cost for the person suspected of stabbing one other man to loss of life in an obvious street rage incident within the central metropolis of Holon earlier this week.

The announcement of the anticipated homicide cost got here in a fast U-turn by police after public outcry when it was initially revealed the suspect would face a manslaughter indictment. A remaining determination on fees is made by prosecutors.

Yuri Volkov was stabbed to loss of life on Wednesday night after a short confrontation with a bike driver who carried out an unlawful maneuver, endangering pedestrians crossing a street.

The suspect, arrested a day after the killing, was named publicly for the primary time on Friday as 23-year-old Adi Mizrahi.

The Tel Aviv resident appeared at a town’s Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom listening to the place his detention was prolonged for six days.

Police had requested the listening to be held behind closed doorways, however the decide refused.

The courtroom initially heard Mizrahi was suspected of manslaughter, conspiracy to commit a criminal offense, obstruction of justice, and aiding and abetting a criminal offense after the actual fact.

Yuri Volkov (Courtesy)

Nevertheless, with the announcement of fees, there was quick public outcry and anger from the sufferer’s household, who mentioned that they had not been instructed upfront that police wouldn’t be pursuing a homicide cost.

“If this isn’t a case of homicide then the State of Israel ought to simply be shut down. A person who murdered an harmless individual for no logical motive should rot in jail without end,” the household mentioned in a press release.

Inside an hour, an up to date cost sheet was launched.

Adi Mizrahi, suspected of stabbing Yuri Volkov to loss of life in Holon. arrives at Tel Aviv Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom, November 25, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Mizrahi was arrested Thursday at a house in Holon, throughout which a “harmful breed” canine jumped on the officers and bit two of them, injuring them reasonably and frivolously, in response to police.

“The detectives fired on the canine, wounded it, and neutralized it,” a press release added.

A girl who was within the house with the suspect was frivolously damage by shrapnel from the gunfire.

Household and coworkers eulogized Volkov, who labored as a healthcare aide.

Holding an image of her husband whereas her son hugged her, Lena Volkov, Yuri’s widow, who had been with him on the time of the stabbing, described the incident.

“We have been crossing the street. We had a inexperienced mild and he [the driver] had a purple mild. We instructed him it was not okay, that he was doing one thing mistaken… that’s why he killed him,” she mentioned in a video shared by Ichilov Hospital, the place she and Yuri labored.

In dashcam footage of the incident taken from a close-by automobile, Lena might be seen crossing the road whereas the crosswalk mild seems to be inexperienced. The person on the moped makes an attempt to chop her off as she crosses, whereupon Yuri Volkov begins a verbal argument.

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The suspect then seems to swipe at Volkov with one thing earlier than shortly driving away. Volkov walks off the street and seems to speak to his spouse for a bit, earlier than dropping to the bottom.

Lena mentioned the attacker appeared suspicious to her from the primary second.

“I checked out him and knew that one thing was mistaken, there was one thing about him,” she mentioned in tears.

In line with a relative cited by Channel 12 information, Lena had taken an image of the attacker after he made the unlawful flip and nearly hit her.

“She managed to take an image of the person who nearly bumped into her. He observed that and instructed her, ‘Give me your telephone.’ Her husband replied by saying, ‘Maintain driving, it’s fantastic.’ At that second he stabbed him within the coronary heart. He instructed Lena he wasn’t feeling properly and dropped to the bottom,” the unnamed relative instructed the community.

Police on the scene the place a person was stabbed to loss of life throughout a street rage incident in Holon, November 23, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

In an interview with 103FM Radio, Shira Peleg, who labored as Yuri’s direct supervisor on the hospital, described him as a “delicate and humble” one that was all the time attempting to assist others.

“Yuri labored on the hospital’s emergency room for practically 20 years, serving to nurses… He actually was one of the humane folks one can think about,” Peleg mentioned.

“We’re heartbroken. It’s exhausting to consider that an individual who was supposed to return in in two or three hours and deal with others simply died hastily. Such an pointless loss of life of an individual with a household, kids, grandchildren, and to suppose that it occurred subsequent to his spouse,” she added.

“He was such a delicate and humble individual, so devoted, everybody will let you know that. I’ve been rattled since yesterday. How might an individual simply cross the street and die?”

Volkov is survived by his spouse, three kids and a granddaughter.

A police officer inspects a motorized scooter allegedly belonging to man suspected of stabbing one other man to loss of life in Holon, November 24, 2022. (Israel Police)

The killing got here simply weeks after a street rage incident that put a person in intensive care was caught on digital camera and shocked the nation.

In that incident, a motorcyclist used his helmet to hit a driver a number of instances on the pinnacle on Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Freeway, knocking the sufferer unconscious.

The person suffered cranium fractures and intracranial bleeding and was hospitalized in intensive care, although his situation later improved. The motorcyclist, Arik Greenfeld, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.