Photo: Yariv Katz/Yedioth Ahronot
Photo: Yariv Katz/Yedioth Ahronot
Brazil arrests Israeli suspect in killing of Palestinian
Yehoshuah Elizor accused of murding Palestinian with M-16 rifle in 2004 escaped Israel and moved from Germany to Brazil.
Brazil police announced Thursday that former Itamar resident and suspect in the murder of a Palestinian in 2004, Yehoshuah Elizor (44), was arrested in coordination with Interpol after more than a decade of searching for the suspect.
Local news organizations reported that Elizor was arrested in Sao Paulo where federal courts will discuss his extradition in alignment with an extradition agreement signed with Israel in 2009.
Elizor under arrest in 2004. (Photo: Tal Cohen/Yedioth Ahronot)
In September, 2004, Elizor on a road near the Elon Moren settlement in the West Bank when he saw a Palestinian's van and signaled for him to stop. When the Palestinian showed no signs of stopping, Elizor cocked the M-16 rifle he was carrying and fired at the vehicle, killing the Palestinian.
Elizor was placed under house arrest and before the courts announced his sentence of 20 years in prison, he managed to escape to Germany where he had immigrated from.
Brazlian officials said that he had entered the country with fake documents and it wasn't clear how long he had been in Brazil.
Interpol received an international arrest warrant for Elizor in 2005.
