Tel Aviv terrorist planned more attacks, says accomplice
Indictments to be issued Wednesday agianst three suspects who allegedly aided terrorist Nashat Melhem, who committed a shooting at a Tel Aviv pub; one says Melhem told him he intended to commit another attack.
Nashat Melhem, the terrorist who killed three people in Tel Aviv on January 1, told one of the three people suspected of aiding him that he had planned a second attack, it was revealed Wednesday.
"I've murdered two Jews and the taxi driver because he threatened to inform the police", Melhem told one of the suspects, all three of whom will be served indictments on Wednesday.
After the shooting at a bar in Tel Aviv and the murder of taxi driver Amin Shaban, Melhem went to the his hometown of Arara. At first he hid in a warehouse belonging to one of the suspects.
On the second day he moved to another house, where he was eventually captured by security forces and killed. Melhem threatened the warehouse's owner saying that if he told someone they met, he would hurt his wife and all his family.
Another suspect gave him food and a mobile phone, and a third suspect gave him two packs of cigarettes. One of the suspects even provided Melhem drugs.
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The suspects, all relatives of the terrorist are Mohammed Melhem, Amin Melhem and Ayoub Rashid.
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A relative of the suspect Muhammad said that "it is hard for us to believe he was connected to Nashat Melhem or was involved in helping him. In my opinion there is no basis to anything that was said here. Later we will present evidence that will prove this was all trumped up."
Ali Saadi, the lawyer representing one of the suspects said: "Nashat Melhem threatened my client saying he would harm his family if he gave up any information regarding him. When we receive all the details we will respond regarding the indictments served."
