4 arrested on suspicion of involvement in argument which lead to attack; Lawrence Amsis found laying on sidewalk bleeding profusely.
By YAAKOV KATZfrance police tape 311 AP(photo credit: Associated Press)
Four youths were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of being linked to the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old Lawrence Amsis early on Friday morning outside the Terminal nightclub in Tel Aviv.Police say Amsis was set upon by a group of suspects on Rehov Hatzfira near the club following a verbal altercation in the nightclub, situated in Tel Aviv’s Yad Harutzim area, the scene of lethal violence in the past.RELATED:Police: Na’ura man stabbed wife, 38, to death 70-year-old J'lem woman found stabbed to death at home During the fight, one of the suspects produced a knife and stabbed Amsis, police said. He was rushed to the Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv, but died of his injuries within a few hours on Friday morning.Soon after his death, police arrested two suspects aged 20 from Tel Aviv and Rishon Lezion on suspicion of being linked to the incident.On Friday morning the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s court extended the suspects’ custody by three days.The suspects hid their faces beneath their clothes during their arraignment to avoid photographers.Two additional suspects, aged 18 and 22, both from Holon, were arrested on Saturday evening in connection with the stabbing.“The background to the mass brawl that broke out in the club, and continued outside it, is still unclear,” Tel Aviv police said in a statement.Police have shut down the Terminal nightclub for 30 days.
Relatives of Amsis said he worked in plumbing and had been saving money for higher education.Friends at the Christian Scout youth movement where he was active have expressed shock at his violent death.The homicide investigation is being led by detectives from the Yiftah police station.
