Overview
- The attack, which took place Wednesday on the eve of Shavuot, occurred inside the Chazon Ish kollel in Bnei Brak and left 52-year-old Rabbi Yishai Por mortally wounded while he sat learning beside his 13-year-old son.
- Emergency teams took Por to Sheba Medical Center where doctors later pronounced him dead and his community began immediate mourning.
- Police arrested a suspect after a large manhunt that ended in Beit Shemesh and handed the case to the district major crimes unit for further investigation.
- Authorities say the suspect is a 52-year-old homeless man believed to have a psychiatric history who had been sleeping in the kollel complex and had repeatedly confronted Por about studying the Rambam.
- Investigators obtained security-camera footage showing the suspect fleeing after the attack and continue to question witnesses as the probe examines motive, security gaps at the kollel, and the role of mental health in the killing.