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Man who assaulted elderly couple charged with aggravated battery

Rom Marshi assaulted two police officers, then barricaded himself in Haifa apartment, assaulting elderly couple living there; even though police recommended attempted murder charge, indictment only charges him with aggravated battery with intention.

A man who attacked two police officers and an elderly couple in Haifa three weeks ago was charged Monday with aggravated battery, assaulting a police officer and other offenses.

 

 

Even thought he was initially suspected of attempted murder, the charge was not included in the indictment. One charge was put under gag order due to the right to privacy.

 

On March 12 around 8am, Rom Marshi went into the back yard of a house on Golumb St. in Haifa, near the Bnai Zion Medical Center, and began vandalizing plants. The owner of the house asked him to stop and later on called the police.

 

Police storms apartment    (צילום: דוברות המשטרה)

Police storms apartment   (Video: Israel Police)

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The two police officers who arrived at the scene were not able to subdue him, even after one of them used a Taser gun.

 

Marshi took a hold of a garden saw that was lying there and hit one police officer on his head and back and the other one on her head as well. They were both lightly wounded.

 

He was shot by one of the police officers in the lower body but was able to flee the scene.
 

Rom Marshi under arrest (Ido Erez)
Rom Marshi under arrest (Ido Erez)

 

He then broke into the apartment of his neighbors on HaHashmonaim Street, where he attacked and wounded an elderly couple, leaving an 80-year-old man in serious condition and a woman in light condition.

 

The defendant barricaded himself in the apartment's bomb shelter for over two hours while holding a butcher's knife, as snipers, lookouts and negotiators surrounded the place.

 

According to the indictment, Marshi entered the couple's apartment armed with a saw. He hit the elderly man with the saw and his fists until his victim lost consciousness. Marshi later attacked the elderly woman, beating her with the saw. He also attacked the police officers who tried to remove him from the apartment.

 

Forces from Yamam, the police's civilian counter-terrorism unit, were called to the scene and eventually stormed into the apartment and arrested Marshi.

 

Yamam being called to the scene (Ido Erez)
Yamam being called to the scene (Ido Erez)

 

Marshi's mother said she had called the elderly couple, and after receiving no answer called the police to report her son was unstable and might be there.

 

The Coastal District Police Department dismissed the suspect's mother's alerts. "The attempt to relate the mother's call to the Police Emergency Center to her son's violent acts is misleading and deceptive. The mother indeed called the Police Emergency Center at 7:24am, but she reported her son is playing with leaves on the street and calling for the Messiah and asked us to come and commit him," according to the police.

 

However, the indictment supports the claims made by Marshi's mother. The prosecution stated she had notified the police about his problematic behavior around 7am and called the police as well as MDA paramedics.

  

Marshi was charged with three counts of aggravated battery with intention, two counts of assault under aggravating circumstances, assault of a police officer under aggravating circumstances, two counts of attempting to assault a police officer under aggravating circumstances and causing malicious damage to property. The suspect's remand was extended until further notice.

 

Public defender Naji Amar, who represents Marshi, said, "In light of his situation and background, the defendant is currently under observation. We are only at the beginning of the legal procedure. When we have the investigation materials, we'll study them and respond in court."

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.04.18, 13:47
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