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November 21, 2009Jerusalem
JTA Wire Service
A fired waiter, a Russian immigrant to Israel, was charged with killing his ex-employer and five members of his family.
Damian Kirilik was indicted in Petach Tikvah district court on six counts of first degree murder for killing the Oshrenko family in their home in Rishon LeZion last month.
Kirilik allegedly committed the murders in revenge for being fired from his job as head waiter in the Oshrenko’s restaurant, the indictment said. His wife, Natasha, who also had worked at the restaurant, was indicted as well for manslaughter and obstruction of justice.
The victims were Revital, 3, and Netanel, 4 months; their parents, Tatiana, 28, and Dimitry, 32; and grandparents Edward and Ludmilla, both 56. Tatiana and Dimitry were Russian emigres who operated clubs and a restaurant for Russian Israelis.
Their bodies, all bearing stab wounds, were found in their burning apartment Oct. 17.
Lebanese Man Accused of Spying for Israel
A Lebanese citizen accused of spying for Israel was arrested by the Lebanese security service.
The man, a teacher, was accused of transferring sensitive intelligence to Israeli agents, Lebanese media reported Thursday. He had been under surveillance for several months, according to reports.
A Lebanese security source said the man, 54, had admitted to spying for Israel, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported.
The arrest came a week after a military court handed down death sentences to four people, including a first sergeant in the Lebanese army, on charges of spying for Israel and conspiring to wage a war on Lebanon. Two were sentenced in absentia since they reportedly fled to Israel.
In the past several months, about 20 people accused of spying for Israel have been arrested in Lebanon.
Jewish Teen Stabs Arab in Jerusalem
An Arab man was stabbed in Jerusalem by a Jewish youth.
The attacker fled the scene following Thursday’s attack, Ynet reported. Hours later a 16-year-old Jewish boy turned himself in to police.
The boy, who wears a kipah, said the Arab man had attacked him, according to Ynet.
Police had said the assailant and his victim, a resident of a village outside of Jerusalem, did not know each other.
This story reprinted courtesy of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.