Asher Dahan
Photo: Kikar Shabbat
Suspect in rabbi murder case 'fit to stand trial'
Beersheba court accepts psychiatric opinion stating Asher Dahan has 'disorders,' but he is not mentally ill
The Beersheba District Court determined on Sunday that legal proceedings against a man who was charged with murdering Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira last July will continue in light of a psychiatric opinion stating he is fit to stand trial.
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The attorney representing Asher Dahan (42) said he had been diagnosed as being mentally ill and called the psychiatrists' opinion "baffling."
Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira (center)
In the opinion submitted to the court, a panel of psychiatrists said Dahan suffered from "disorders," but determined he was not mentally ill.
The defense attorney, Kati Zwetkov, said she plans to submit another opinion according to which Dahan is not responsible for his actions and is therefore not fit to stand trial.
Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira (70), the grandson of the rabbi known as the "Baba Sali," was stabbed to death on July 11 in his Beersheba yeshiva. Dahan allegedly killed Abuhatzeira because he was unhappy with the rabbi's advice.
Rabbi Abuhatzeira was the offspring of a dynasty of rabbis. He was considered an expert in the "occult sciences" and Kabbalah.
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