Beersheba Woman Claims She Was Trapped and Abused Before Jerusalem Airbnb Murder

A 20-year-old woman from Beersheba, recently named by Jerusalem Magistrate Court as a suspect in the murder of Benyahu Razi in a Jerusalem Airbnb, has provided her version of events through her lawyer. Attorney Amit Weitzman said the woman and her friend A. traveled to the Airbnb in the Nachlaot neighborhood with two men, including the victim Razi. Disputes arose, leading to alleged violent attacks by the men on the women, who were reportedly held captive for two days and suffered severe abuse, including cigarette burns.

The lawyer explained that after two days, the women escaped and contacted Linor Sasson, a 50-year-old Jerusalem resident with a criminal record, who allegedly acted as a mediator between the women and the attackers. When the men returned to the apartment to retrieve belongings, a violent confrontation ensued, during which Razi was stabbed and killed.

The suspect remains in custody at Neve Tirza prison, undergoing intensive interrogations and reportedly in a fragile mental state. Her lawyer stressed she denies any involvement in the stabbing or intent to kill and is being pressured to implicate others. He described her as a good young woman from a respectable background with no criminal history, caught in a dangerous situation she never intended to be part of.