Without bodyguards, with a sophisticated explosive device and a murderer still at large: the mystery of the crime boss's death
Nearly 18 years after the assassination of crime boss Yaakov Alperon, retired Deputy Chief Nissim Daoudi and attorney Yaniv Segal return to the unsolved case. They describe Alperon's final hours, during which he moved without bodyguards despite being a target for assassination, and the mystery of the magnetic bomb attached to his car. The murderer remains free.
Nearly 18 years after the assassination of crime boss Yaakov Alperon, retired Deputy Chief Nissim Daoudi and attorney Yaniv Segal revisit the unsolved case. The two describe Alperon's final hours, during which he moved without bodyguards despite being a target for assassination. Daoudi, a former police investigator, recounts that Alperon was a dominant figure in the criminal underworld, who knew how to combine power and charisma, but was also aware of the dangers. He had previously discovered an explosive device under his car in Raanana and a grenade was thrown at his home. On the day of the murder, he left the courthouse in Tel Aviv, and his use of a rental car raised questions about the caution he exercised. The assassins attached a magnetic bomb to his car door using a motorcycle, but cameras did not capture the moment of planting. Segal, who was supposed to be with Alperon in the car, was spared after being asked to represent two of his friends who had been arrested. The murderer remains free.