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Two Israeli businessmen were found murdered hours apart in their homes in the same section of Los Angeles Saturday, with one tied up and beaten to death while the other was identified as the brother of a prison warden in the Jewish state, police said.
There is no apparent connection between the two killings, but they both occurred in the San Fernando Valley inside the victims’ homes.
The murder of Alexander Modebadze, 47, was particularly heinous, according to cops.
Three attackers broke into Modebadze’s home, held him captive for hours and savagely beat him to death, police said in a statement.
The crime scene in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, where police found the murdered Aleksandre Modebadze. KTLA
Police say three attackers broke into Modebadze’s house and beat him to death. KTLAPolice later arrested and charged three Georgian nationals for the murder: Pata Kochiashvili, Zaza Outarashvili and Basiki Kutsishvili.
They are being held on a $2 million bail.
Later that day, cops found another murdered Israeli businessman in the San Fernando Valley: Meni Hidhra, the brother of the warden of Israel’s Nitzan Prison, the Jewish Journal reported.
Police have revealed few details about that crime, including how he was killed, but they did release photos of a possible suspect: a 30 to 40-year-old Hispanic male.
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