A Palestinian teen was indicted in the brutal murder of Dafna Meir, a mother of six, in her West Bank home.
The teen, from a nearby village, was indicted Feb. 22 in military court. He was arrested two days after the Jan. 17 murder in Otniel and confessed to the crime during an interrogation, according to the Shin Bet security service.
Meir was stabbed to death while fighting off her attacker in what is believed to have been an attempt to save three of her children. She was the mother of four children and a foster mother of two young. The alleged assailant ran off after he was unable to remove the knife from her body.
The teen watched Palestinian television broadcasts that incited violence against Israel before he allegedly committed the crime, according to the Shin Bet. — jta