Programme Overview
Description
This gripping true-crime series reopens the unsolved crime that shocked one of the world’s most liberal cities: the mass shooting at an LGBTQ venue in Tel Aviv which left two dead, 11 seriously injured, and led to the most expensive investigation in the history of the Israeli police force.
One Saturday night in August 2009, a man dressed in black walked into The Youth Bar and began shooting indiscriminately, leaving death and devastation in his wake. Security cameras captured the shooter escaping onto a nearby street before he vanished without a trace.
This violent and senseless crime remains one of the country’s biggest mysteries, triggering a controversial police investigation. To this day, the case remains unsolved, and the killer still remains free.
Produced with the cooperation of the police, the prosecutor’s office, the lawyers involved in the case, and key witnesses, Behind the Mask: The Youth Centre Incident re-examines a crime that continues to leave authorities baffled.
The three-part series Includes dramatic new evidence and never-before-seen testimonies. New suspects and evidence come to the forefront, leaving viewers certain they know who the perpetrator is – just as the investigators at the time were.
But it is all another dead end, leaving the mystery unanswered: who really shot those kids?