While crime rages in the north – the district's top brass flew abroad this morning

While an unprecedented wave of crime sweeps the north, the district commander and the head of the YAMAR (Central Unit) flew to a police delegation in Poland. Lina Qasim Zidan was murdered in a confectionery in Kfar Manda by shrapnel from a grenade. 74 people have been murdered in the district since the beginning of the year. Police: the deputy commander is filling in.

As the Northern District grapples with an unprecedented wave of crime and violence, the district commander and the head of the YAMAR flew this morning to a police delegation in Poland. The article describes the murder of Lina Qasim Zidan, 51, from Daliat al-Carmel, who was killed in a confectionery in Kfar Manda after a fragmentation grenade was thrown into the place. Her husband was moderately injured, and several other people were hurt, including a 15-year-old girl. Police are investigating whether the motive is an attempt to collect protection money. Three suspects have been arrested. Since the beginning of the year, 192 people have been murdered in circumstances related to crime in Arab society, 74 of them in the Northern District. The article notes an approximately 11% decrease in the number of murders compared to the same period last year, but claims the police are failing to prevent the next murder. The Israel Police stated that the delegation is an annual framework of "Witnesses in Uniform" and that the deputy district commander is filling in.