Threatened her, slapped her, and set her car on fire: indictment filed against Jerusalem resident

An indictment has been filed against Mahmoud Diba, a resident of Jerusalem, for threatening to murder his ex-fiancée, slapping her, and paying an accomplice to set her car on fire. The engagement was canceled the day after it took place, and since then he sent her threatening messages. Subsequently, Diba paid Amir Zalbani, who is also charged, to set the vehicle on fire in September.

An indictment has been filed against Mahmoud Diba, a resident of Jerusalem, for threats, assault, and arson of his ex-fiancée's car. According to the indictment, the two became engaged on August 8, but canceled the engagement the next day. Since then, Diba sent threatening messages to his ex-fiancée, in which he threatened to murder her and burn her. Among other things, he wrote: "By God, I will kill you" and "I will not be Mahmoud Diba if I do not burn you for all this." Later, during a meeting in his car, Diba slapped the woman in the face. Afterwards, Diba contacted Amir Zalbani, the second defendant, to set her car on fire. On September 16, at 4 AM, Diba filled two plastic bottles with fuel at a gas station in Shuafat and handed them to Zalbani, who arrived at the woman's home, poured the fuel on the car, and set it on fire. Both are charged with aggravated arson. The article reports the events in factual language, quoting the threat messages from the indictment.