Assassination attempt on Bar Muha in Jerusalem: the bomb attached to his car - and the call he made to his wife
New details have emerged from the assassination attempt on senior crime figure Itzik Bar Muha in Jerusalem: a powerful explosive device was placed under his car and detonated remotely. After the explosion, he managed to call his wife, fearing that a bomb had also been placed in her car. She abandoned her vehicle in the middle of the road. His 13-year-old son was moderately injured.
New details from the assassination attempt on senior crime figure Itzik Bar Muha in Jerusalem were revealed this evening (Tuesday) in the main edition of i24NEWS. According to the initial investigation, a powerful explosive device was placed under his car and detonated remotely. One of the directions being examined is revenge for the 'Little Red Riding Hood' affair in which he was involved about four years ago. Shortly after the explosion, Bar Muha managed to call his wife and update her, fearing that a bomb had also been planted in her car. She exited the vehicle in panic and abandoned it in the middle of the road. Police and bomb disposal experts from the Jerusalem district were called to the scene; the car was checked and the suspicion of a bomb was ruled out. The assassination attempt occurred earlier today in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem. Bar Muha was seriously injured. His 13-year-old son, who was supposed to celebrate his bar mitzvah in two days, was moderately injured. The court imposed a publication ban on the details of the investigation. In footage obtained by i24NEWS, the injured are seen outside the car, and passersby are trying to help the son.