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|  | Suspects planned to kidnap soldiers (illustration) Photo: Gettyimages
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East J'lem residents indicted of planning abduction
Two inhabitants of village of Issawiya suspected of planning to kidnap IDF soldiers in bid to carry out hostage exchange in return for their relatives sentenced to life terms in Israel
Aviad Glickman
Two east Jerusalem residents were indicted Sunday of planning to kidnap and harm Israel Defense Forces soldiers in a bid to carry out a hostage exchange deal in return for their family members, who have been sentenced to life terms in Israel.
According to the indictment, the two - Ayad Aabid, 20, and Abdullah Aabid, 21, relatives from the village of Issawiya – planned to drive a tractor, crash into a military jeep stationed near their neighborhood and abduct the soldiers from inside the jeep.
The indictment, filed by Attorney Jenny Ginsburg, states that the two purchased equipment in order to implement their plan, including two knives, two clubs, two masks, gloves and an electric shocker.
The two also turned to a relative living in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and working in the Palestinian Authority security organizations and asked to buy an M-16 rifle from him.
A flying-model was found in Abfullah Aabid's house, and the two are suspected of planning to load it with explosives and fly it over a military base near Issawiya. The two also tried flying the model over the base without explosives, but it fell down and broke.
In addition, the two are suspected of torching a school used as a polling station in the recent municipal elections and threatening the voting station's committee members.
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