A Kiryat Yam resident was arrested Sunday afternoon on suspicion that he burned his wife to death.
A preliminary police investigation revealed that a technician who has been called to the apartment heard a woman screaming, tried barging into the apartment where the screams originated and when he did not succeed called the police.
Shortly thereafter a large police force arrived at the scene and broke into the apartment. Police officers were horrified to see the woman in flames, and a Magen David Adom team established her death.
The man was taken for questioning in the Zevulun Police Station. Police were trying to establish the motives for the crime.
