Mohammed HALABI
AKA "Tel Aviv Strangler"
Classification: Spree killer
Characteristics: To prove he was not a collaborator with the Israelis
Number of victims: 7
Date of murder: October 1989
Date of birth: 1957
Victims profile: Five women and two men
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Tel Aviv/Jaffa, Israel
Status: Sentenced to seven life terms in prison on January 24, 1990
'Tel Aviv Strangler' Is Jailed For Life for Multiple Killings
Reuters - New York Times
January 25, 1990
An Israeli court jailed for life plus 40 years a Palestinian known as the ''Tel Aviv Strangler,'' who claimed to have killed seven people to prove he was not a collaborator with the Israelis.
Four of his victims were Jews and three were Arabs.
Mohammed Halabi, 32 years old, was sentenced Wednesday for the murders in October of five women and two men.
The Tel Aviv District Court jailed him for 40 additional years for two attempted murders. The police said Mr. Halabi confessed to all the charges.
SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-extremist
MO: Palestinian strangler of four jews and three Israel¡ Arabs.
DISPOSITION: Confessed all counts; sentence unknown.
