It was cleared for publication on Wednesday night that David Bukobza, a 48-year-old resident of Be'er Sheva, is suspected of attempting to murder his ex-wife and in the murder of his friend Avraham Alter about a month ago.
After the incident, Bukobza tried to end his life by setting himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem, but was rescued and evacuated to hospital, where he is in moderate condition. In 2015, Bukobza was sentenced to a year and a half in prison after kidnapping his two children from his wife and flying with them to Thailand. The police suspect that he planned his latest acts while he was serving his sentence.