Israeli police said they placed a couple under house arrest, a day after a man attending a party at their villa died after being sucked into a sinkhole that formed at the bottom of their swimming pool.
The man and woman, both in their 60s, are suspected of causing death by negligence, police said. They were arrested but a court decided to release them under "restrictive conditions of house arrest" for five days.
The incident happened during a private party the couple hosted at their house in the town of Karmi Yosef, 40km southeast of Tel Aviv.
Mobile phone video from the scene shows floaties and water being sucked to the bottom at the centre of the pool, as people sitting by the poolside shout in Hebrew. A man is seen approaching the sinkhole, slips and is almost pulled in before he backs away.
