Israeli-French man confesses to murdering Palestinian taxi driver

May 15, 2007

Israeli police during a chemical attackdrill (MaanImages)

Bethlehem - Ma'an - A new Israeli immigrant from France confessed on Monday to the murder of a 35-year-old Palestinian taxi driver, whose body was found on Monday afternoon.

According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, the East Jerusalem man's throat had been cut, and his body showed signs of a severe attack.

Haaretz says that a preliminary police investigation revealed that the 25-year-old Israeli, who also holds French citizenship, had invited the Palestinian to his Tel Aviv apartment.

The reason for the murder is unclear, but police suspect a nationalistic motive as the suspect said that he had killed the taxi driver over his Arab nationality, Haaretz reports.