Two Armon Hanatziv terrorists sentenced to 18 years
Terrorists attacked two elderly Israeli women from behind with knives and an ax in May 2016 in the Jerusalem neighborhood as they walked on the Golden Promenade; third suspect who fled the scene before the attack sentenced to just over 2 years.
The women, both in their 80s, were stabbed in May 2016 on the Golden Promenade in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in the capital, before the masked terrorists fled the scene, prompting a massive police manhunt.
The two, who were 16 at the time of the attack, were convicted in May of attempted murder.
The third suspect, 16, who fled the scene after becoming afraid that the attack would lead to the demolition of his parents’ home, was charged with possession of a knife, conspiring to commit a crime and obstructing legal proceedings and was sentenced to two years and one month in prison.
As the women passed the two boys, they suddenly began stabbing them and striking them with the wooden handle of the ax and were subsequently rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in light to moderate condition.
After police eventually managed to arrest the perpetrators, they admitted to their intent to carry out an attack on Jews and stated that they had discussed the details of the attack during their studies via their Facebook pages, a police statement read.
According to their indictments, they wanted to become martyrs. “The defendants attacked an 83-year-old woman. She felt blows and stabs in her back, chest and in her leg,” the indictment details the attack. “She screamed, fell and then the blows stopped.
“She saw one of the two run forwards and attack her friend, while the other person stayed next to her and continued to beat her.”
The indictment goes on to describe how the second victim, 85, heard her friend screaming “they’re killing me” before she herself fell to the ground after being struck in the back and “seeing a man with a huge knife.”
She was stabbed three times in her chest and left moderately wounded. The other three women walking with their friends managed to escape unharmed.
