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Cult leader served sentence for swindling sick and elderly followers out of millions of shekels; while he was in prison he was accused of involvement in 2 decades-old murder cases

An arrest warrant was issued last month against Rabbi Eliezer Berland, the leader of Jerusalem’s Shuvu Banim sect, on suspicion of his involvement in the killing of Nissim Shitrit and Avraham Edri

Indictment says Binyamin Ze'evi was part of a group that lured Nissim Shitrit, 17, and beat him to death, in case linked to cult leader Eliezer Berland

Binyamin Ze’evi, son of former far-right politician, is one of the suspects in the unsolved murder of Nissim Shitrit, who was allegedly killed by an ultra-Orthodox cult led by Rabbi Eliezer Berland

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, leader of the Haredi cult implicated in the killings, has been freed alongside his son-in-law. Berland, however, returned to prison to complete a sentence for robbing his followers

One suspect is unnamed son of ex-minister; indictment says they were part of group that lured Nissim Shitrit, 17, before beating him to death due to disapproval of his lifestyle

Cult leader's son-in-law and unnamed mayor set free; prosecutors expected to indict a follower of Shuvu Bonim sect for murder of 17-year-old Nissim Shitrit in 1986

Tzvi Tzucker was head of Shuvu Bonim cult's 'modesty patrol' at the time 17-year-old Nissim Shitrit disappeared; police tell court they plan to charge ex-minister's son

Unnamed city official ordered to remain behind bars for 4 more days; police say he played active role in murder of Avi Edri, along with members of radical Shuvu Banim sect

Municipal leader of an unnamed city is latest to be interrogated over killings of Nissim Shitrit and Avi Edri, tied to Eliezer Berland's extremist Shuvu Bonim sect