A 25-year-old man from the northern metropolis of Zichron Yaakov was charged Thursday with the tried murder of his parents final month.
As said by the cost sheet learn out on the Haifa District Court, Mordechai Carmi was residing in his parents’ condo on the day he allegedly attacked them.
His sister was additionally at residence on the time.
Carmi was sitting consuming dates with a knife in his hand, when he determined to murder his parents, apparently with out provocation, in accordance to the indictment.
He allegedly went over to his father and stabbed him at the very least seven instances, within the chest, shoulder and fingers, breaking a joint in his father’s thumb.
When his mom tried to intervene, he stabbed her too, within the again and the hand.
His mom managed to name her brother in regulation, in addition to the police and emergency providers, however after they arrived, Carmi tried to block them from getting into the house, and spat on and cursed his father, who was mendacity on the ground.
The mom managed to get out of the home on her personal and the ambulance driver and a paramedic succeeded in evacuating the daddy ten minutes later. Both parents have been hospitalized – the daddy in mortal hazard — for a number of days.
Prosecutors requested for Carmi to be held in detention till the top of proceedings towards him.
As said by court docket paperwork, Carmi had undergone psychiatric checks a number of instances prior to now and was presently beneath statement.
The court docket ordered a gag order on the id of Carmi’s parents.