Abdelhadi Mahamid, 56, was indicted for the aggravated murder of his ex-wife A., after he allegedly threatened her for months before setting fire to her Toyota with her inside it, the Haifa District Attorney’s Office announced on Sunday.
Mahamid faces additional charges of arson and for the threats he was said to have made against his ex-wife while he was in prison, according to the office. He had been serving a nine-month sentence for abusing and threatening his ex-wife.
On November 10, prosecutors claimed that Mahamid ambushed A. while she drove home from her work in Harish. He allegedly doused his ex-wife and her car in gasoline before setting it alight.
Medical staff transported A. to Sheba Medical Center, where she died more than two weeks later with burns to 98% of her body. It was determined she passed as a result of multi-organ failure as a result of the burns and smoke inhalation.
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Mahadmid sustained second-degree burns to his hands, palms, and forearms, partial burning of hair and eyelashes, according to the office, as well as additional injury marks on his knees and legs.
Before the attack, Mahamid was said to have sent threatening messages to A. after the pair ended their 14-year marriage in October.
While in prison for threatening A., prosecutors claimed he continued to issue threats in conversation with his nine-year-old daughter.
“Tell her that because she put me in jail, I’ll get out and kill her, and she’ll die because I sat in jail,” he allegedly told the youngest of his three children.
After he was released from prison, he arrived at the victim’s house in Arara and demanded to see their child. When A. refused to open the door, he was said to have begun banging on the door aggressively and threatened his wife. Prosecutors claimed it was at this point that he decided to carry out the killing.