Following the murder of 64-year-old Alexander Levlovitz HY”D in the Armon HaNatziv neighborhood of Yerushalayim during Rosh Hashanah, police and border police moved into the area during the predawn hours of Wednesday, 3 Tishrei and arrested three suspects Tzur Baher, also in southeastern Yerushalayim.

Levlovitz lost control of his car after being bombarded with rocks, suffered a heart attack and was found in cardiac arrest when EMS personnel arrived on the scene. He was returning home from a Rosh Hashanah meal when he was attacked.

Police now report his vehicle slammed into an electric pole. It has also been learned that two women were traveling with him in the vehicle, one 50 and the second 25. B’chasdei Hashem they escaped serious injuries.

The levaya for Levlovitz is set for 18:00 in Har Menuchos on Wednesday, 3 Tishrei.

Residents of Armon HaNatziv demand security following the murder of a resident.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)