JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli security forces have apprehended a suspect in the murder on Sunday of Esther Horgen, 52, in a forest near her home in Tal Menashe, it was cleared for publication on Thursday.
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The suspect, a Palestinian from the Jenin area, was arrested following “accelerated intelligence and operational activity” by the Shin Bet, the Israel Police counter-terrorism unit and the Israel Defense Forces, and is currently being interrogated, the Shin Bet said in a statement.
Other details of the investigation remain under a gag order.
Horgen was reported missing by her family after she did not return home from a jog in a nearby wooded area, and her body was discovered on Monday morning, bearing signs of violence. According to police, her death is being investigated as a terrorist attack.
Horgen was laid to rest in Tal Menashe on Tuesday. She is survived by her husband, Benjamin Horgen, and six children.
BH!
now execute the murderer when he tries to escape