Four minors charged over killing of 19-year-old Destao Tzakul in Beersheba in April
Prosecutors indicted four minors at the Beersheba District Court on Thursday over the killing of 19-year-old Destao Tzakul in April.
The suspects, who as minors cannot legally be identified, knew the victim before the attack, prosecutors said.
According to prosecutors, Tzakul was outside his home in the early hours of April 24 when “Defendant A,” 16, contacted the other defendants with the goal of attacking him.
“Defendant A” and “Defendant B,” 17, arrived on the scene armed with knives, while “Defendant C” and “Defendant D,” respectively aged 16 and 15, came with iron rods, prosecutors said. Tzakul was sitting with a friend, listening to music and drinking when he was attacked. His friend fled.
After “Defendant C” hit him with an iron rod, Tzakul tried to escape, but tripped and fell to the ground, and was then stabbed by “Defendant A” and “Defendant B,” prosecutors said. Afterward, all four suspects allegedly fled and also sought to remove evidence of the........
