Bnei Brak Murderer Sentenced to 25 Years of Forced Psychiatric Hospitalization
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Legal proceedings against Guy Echtlinger, who murdered Rabbi Yishai Por in a Bnei Brak yeshiva, have been stopped due to his ongoing psychotic state. Instead of prison, Echtlinger will undergo 25 years of mandatory psychiatric hospitalization. The murder occurred on May 20, 2026, when Echtlinger stabbed Rabbi Por multiple times in front of his son. Echtlinger was apprehended hours later, and the court ordered his long-term psychiatric confinement after psychiatric evaluations were finally completed.
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- Guy Echtlinger will spend 25 years in mandatory psychiatric hospitalization for a murder committed in Bnei Brak.
- Echtlinger was found to be in a psychotic state during the murder of Rabbi Yishai Por.
- The murder took place on May 20, 2026, in the Chazon Ish yeshiva, witnessed by the victim's son.
- Legal proceedings were delayed by repeated refusals to conduct psychiatric evaluations.
- Echtlinger knew the victim from shared Torah studies at the yeshiva.
Legal proceedings against Guy Echtlinger, the man who murdered Rabbi Yishai Por in a Bnei Brak yeshiva in front of his son, have been halted. A psychiatric evaluation determined that Echtlinger was in a psychotic state during the murder and remains so today, leading to the cessation of criminal proceedings. Instead of facing trial and a prison sentence, Echtlinger has been ordered to undergo 25 years of mandatory psychiatric hospitalization, the maximum period allowed by such an order.
The horrific incident occurred on May 20, 2026, when Echtlinger entered the Chazon Ish yeshiva armed with a knife. According to the indictment, he crept up behind Rabbi Por, who was studying with his 13-year-old son, and brutally stabbed him multiple times in the neck and back. Rabbi Por was rushed to Tel Hashomer Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His young son witnessed the entire event.
Echtlinger fled the scene, hid the bloody knife and a glove in a nearby abandoned building, and was apprehended hours later in Beit Shemesh after an extensive manhunt. During the investigation, it emerged that Echtlinger had threatened Rabbi Por about a week prior to the murder, stating he would behead him. The two men knew each other from their shared Torah studies at the yeshiva.
Legal proceedings were complicated by repeated difficulties in conducting a psychiatric examination. Despite four court orders for Echtlinger to undergo inpatient psychiatric evaluation, the district psychiatrist repeatedly refused to comply. Ultimately, the completed psychiatric assessment confirmed Echtlinger's mental state at the time of the crime, prompting the court's decision to halt the criminal proceedings and mandate his 25-year confinement in a psychiatric facility.
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