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Scene outside an apartment where a woman was stabbed to death in Rehovot, December 11, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 13)
A 51-year-old woman was stabbed to death on Friday evening in the central city of Rehovot.
Police said they arrested her 21-year-old son at the apartment where the woman was found, and took him for questioning.
It was suspected that the son, who had a history of mental illness, stabbed his mother repeatedly, Hebrew-language media reported.
However police told the Haaretz daily that the son was not known to social services for his mental illness. Additionally they said there had been no previous reports of domestic violence.