Suspect’s Detention Extended by 7 Days in Ex-Partner’s Murder Case

The Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court extended by another seven days the detention of 37-year-old Chen Cohen from Rishon Lezion, who is suspected of murdering his former partner, Leah Cohen Malka.

According to the suspicion, Cohen ordered her killing through an explosive device that detonated under the driver’s seat of her car while she was stuck in traffic at the Wolfson Interchange on the Ayalon Highway about three weeks ago.

This is the fourth time the court has extended Cohen’s arrest. No further details were provided in the report about the investigation or the next procedural step.