Shopkeeper returned to the cash register - and was surprised to find a knife-wielding burglar facing him
A 23-year-old resident of Deir al-Asad is accused of breaking into two businesses in the Galilee town of Bu'ne. In one case, he pulled a knife on the shop owner after being caught trying to open the cash register. During the investigation he was also linked to another break-in in Bu'ne in which hundreds of shekels were stolen. The indictment was filed at the Magistrate's Court in Acre.
A 23-year-old resident of Deir al-Asad is accused of breaking into two businesses in the Galilee town of Bu'ne. According to the indictment, on September 28 in the early morning hours the defendant entered a business while the shopkeeper was arranging drinks in a refrigerator outside the cash register area. When he noticed this, he tried to open the cash register. The shopkeeper spotted him, and the defendant took the cash register keys and began to confront him. During the confrontation he pulled a knife, threatened the shopkeeper and tried to harm him while demanding money. In the investigation the young man was also linked to another break-in at a food store in Bu'ne, which he reached riding a bicycle, entered through a window and stole hundreds of shekels from the cash register. At the conclusion of the investigation, an indictment was filed against him at the Magistrate's Court in Acre through the Northern Galilee Prosecution Branch.