A highly disturbing event recently occurred in the Israeli coastal city of Herzliya. A 33-year-old woman named Sigal Itzkowitz (סיגל איצקוביץ) is under the horrific suspicion of first killing her 6-year-old son, Liam (ליאם), in their shared apartment with an axe.
Subsequently, the woman apparently went to the nearby shopping center “Shivat HaKochavim” (Seven Stars). There, she attacked a security guard with the axe and injured him. Then she went to the entrance of the shopping center, where a bizarre scene unfolded: the woman undressed, appeared to meditate, and then stabbed herself in the chest.
Fortunately, a courageous security guard was able to intervene and disarm the woman before she could further harm herself or others. The police then arrested the suspect.
It was only through this incident at the shopping center that the gruesome act in the apartment was discovered. The grandmother of the killed boy rushed to her daughter’s apartment out of concern and found the lifeless body of her grandson with severe injuries. The family dog was also killed. Sadly, any help for 6-year-old Liam came too late.
Neighbors were stunned by the act. Speaking to the newspaper Maariv, they described the mother as “very friendly” and “the last person you would expect to do something like this.” The woman’s husband, who had just returned from a reserve duty at the Gaza Strip border, was informed of the horrific events.
The exact background and motives for this unfathomable act are still unclear. The police investigation is in full swing. All of Herzliya and Israel are in shock over this tragic incident, where an innocent child lost his life in such a brutal way.
Source: maariv.co.il