WORLD BRIEFING / ISRAEL
Israeli detectives have arrested a man who confessed to the 2003 slaying of a U.S.-born teenager and three other killings, including that of a Czech tourist.
Police identified him as a 32-year-old man from an Arab village in northern Israel, the region where the killings occurred. Adwan Farhan was already in custody on suspicion of raping an Australian tourist when a tip led homicide detectives to him last month.
The 2003 disappearance of 18-year-old Dana Bennett, who grew up in Los Angeles before moving to Israel at age 14, captured the nation’s attention, since abductions are rare in Israel. Her remains were discovered in a field last month, but were not identified until last week.
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