Suspects say they were desperate (illustration photo)
Photo: Galit Kosovsky
Shin Bet nabs stabbing suspects
Three Palestinians arrested on suspicions of attacking 70-year-old Jerusalem resident some five months ago
JERUSALEM - The Shin Bet, along with Jerusalem District Police and IDF forces have arrested over the past few weeks three Palestinians suspected of stabbing a 70-year-old Jewish man five-and-a-half months ago. It was cleared for publication on Wednesday.
Pinchas Rosenfeld was stabbed outside his Jerusalem home and sustained moderate injuries to his back.
The three detainees, who are all members of the People’s Front terror organization, admitted to the act during interrogation, saying they wanted to kill a Jewish person because they were unemployed.
“We were desperate and decided to carry out a terror attack against Jews,” one of them said.
They said they had also planned to stab a soldier in Jerusalem’s Talpiot neighborhood and then flee the scene.
Indictments against the three suspects are expected to be filed within the next few days.
