Breakthrough: Stark murder decoded

Stark case development: NYPD detained suspects in murder of Haredi businessman Menachem Stark z"l.

According to local media reports, this is not a crime of a business dispute but failed robbery. Report has not been verified.

New York police detained suspects in the murder of Menachem Stark, but had not yet made arrests nor has any official announcement been made on the matter.

Heads of the Orthodox community in Williamsburg with his family planned to hold a press conference on the subject, but it was canceled.

City Councilman David Greenfield of New York, praised the New York Police Department for their hard work and success in exposing the killers of the deceased.

After the 116th day since the brutal murder of Menachem Stark; Williamsburg real estate man and after a massive investigation team reinforced the NYPD for four months it seems that the police made a breakthrough in cracking the case.

A Stark famil member tells Behadrey Haredim: "NYPD announced the development to Stark's widow; we are pleased that the affair seems to be cracked." Development has been the talk of New York haredi concentrations.

It should be noted that the police had already promised to arrest suspects before Passover or during Passover. Today week after the holiday, police arrested the suspects and police said that the police are preparing to hold a press conference when they finish the investigation of suspects.

Menachem Stark - real estate mogul and Satmar Hasid, was murdered four months ago when he left his office in the Williamsburg neighborhood.

Two young masked men attacked him and dragged him into a mini white van. Video cameras documented battle with the kidnappers Stark managed. Next day his body was found when it is scorched in a garbage gas station in New Jersey.

Police hired the best assassination researchers and established several crews to the mystery. The police were able to locate the vehicle in which he was kidnapped. Testing revealed DNA residues, but the police failed to arrest the owner.

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