Charlie Aboutbol, head of a criminal organization in Netanya, was found shot in the head in his home this evening (Thursday).
Magen David Adom teams evacuated him in critical condition to Laniado Hospital in the city, where he was pronounced dead. Large police forces were called to the scene.
An initial investigation indicates that members of Abutbul's family were in the apartment when gunshots were heard coming from the direction of the room he was in. When they entered the room, they found him shot and a gun nearby.
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According to initial findings at the scene, it is likely a suicide or an accident caused by the use of a weapon. According to his associates, he had recently been in severe depression.
However, police investigators are also investigating whether this was an assassination attempt. He has survived assassination attempts several times in the past.
His name The perpetrator, Abutbul, is known to the Haredi public from the "End of the Road" affair, in which the kidnapping of a rabbi was investigated after a large sum of money was stolen from a rabbi's house in Rachsim. The rabbi, who was suspected of being involved in the disappearance of the money, Kidnapped, allegedly imprisoned in Abutbul's house - and beaten. BrotherA day later, he managed to escape and complained to the police.
About two months ago, a plea agreement was reached, according to which Abutbul was convicted of the crime of extortion by force, and sentenced to 34 months in prison, minus the days he had already served in custody.
