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Police on Tuesday arrested two more suspects in the investigation into the murder of 16-year-old Yara Ayoub, who was found dead in her hometown of Galilee, Jish.
The two men, a 50-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, bring to four the total number of suspects badociated with the murder of Ayoub, all residents of the Arab village, which has about 3,000 people.
Police on Monday identified the main suspect in the murder as a 28-year-old village man suspected of being the last person to have seen Ayoub before his disappearance last Wednesday. He also faces charges of kidnapping and obstruction of the investigation. The second suspect, a 54-year-old man, reportedly helped the first after the crime.
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On Tuesday, the court of Nazareth extended the provisional detention of the two suspects until December 5.
The funeral of Ayoub at the Muslim cemetery of Jish began at 22 hours. Tuesday.
During the day, his clbadmates from the local high school paid a condolence visit to the family home.
"I knew Yara well," a clbadmate told Hadashot TV. "It was a good girl with a good heart. Helped everyone. It's shocking. We do not understand how it happened. "
Ayoub's father told Ynet news website on Monday: "I miss my precious daughter. Ask him at the village. You will not find anyone who has anything bad to say about it. "
Another friend, Karin Issa, told the site that Ayoub "was very kind and kind. We all loved it.
After discovering his body on Monday, rumors and conflicting theories began to circulate on social media about the circumstances of his death.
Family members on Tuesday urged the public to refrain from spreading such rumors.
"It hurts," said a close friend of the family. "It hurts the family, friends, his mother who is in a bad state. The rumors hurt and I call everyone, especially on social networks, to stop talking. "
"We respect the law," Ayoub's cousin Mahmoud Said told Hadashot, and we are waiting for the results of the investigation. An investigation is underway and there is a gag order. We know who the police have arrested and we are waiting for the truth. "
Many details of the investigation, including the identity of the suspects, are the subject of an order of formal notice ordered by the court, lest their publication could hinder the 39; investigation.
The main suspect denied the charges against him. In a statement released Monday, his lawyer said the police had linked him to the crime, saying he was the last contact with Ayoub.
"I think that once the investigation is over, he will be released at home," said the lawyer.
Ayoub was last seen on November 21 at 5 pm when she entered a bakery in Jish. She disappeared after that, after a five-day search in the village and the surrounding area until her body was found in an alley next Monday to a commercial establishment.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he would chair a new ministerial committee dedicated to combating violence against women and called for "doing much more" to combat the phenomenon in Israel.
After visiting the women's shelter center, Netanyahu went to the office on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. He highlighted the increase in violence against women in Israel in recent years.
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