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Fogel murders: killer 'proud' of actions

June 6, 2011 09:41
Hadas Fogel

ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

One of the two men charged with murdering five members of the same Jewish family including a three-month-old baby has expressed pride in his brutality.

The brutal attack on the Fogel family in the West bank settlement of Itamar in March this year sent shockwaves around Israel. A month after the murders, two men were arrested in the village of village of Awarta, near Itamar.

Amjad Mahmad Awad and Hakim Awad were indicted at the Judea and Samaria Sector Military Court on Sunday. According to the Israeli news website, Ynet, Amjad Awad told the court he was proud of what he did and had no regrets.

The men have confessed to the murders and according to the Israeli military, they match DNA evidence found at the Fogel family home.