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Palestinian detained on suspicion of planning terror attack

After police receive tip-off about suspect’s license plate, cops detains him in Afula; 21-year-old taken for questioning by Shin Bet; no weapons found on him.

The police detained Saturday afternoon a 21-year-old Palestinian in the northern city of Afula on suspicion of planning to carry out a terror attack.

 

 

Earlier, an informer called the police emergency hotline to tip them off about the suspect's intentions and his license plate number.

 

Large overt and covert police force conducted extensive searches across the city and deployed checkpoint at the entries to and exits from the area.

 

Shortly after, the Yasam squad (Police Special Patrol Unit) located the suspect's vehicle in the Izrael quarter of Afula.

 

The Palestinian was neutralized, arrested and taken in for questioning by the Shin Bet.

 

Suspect's vehicle
Suspect's vehicle

 

The suspect was frisked. However, no weapons were found on him. 

 

In June, an 18-year-old girl was also stabbed in Afula. She managed to take a few steps before collapsing near a café in the city center.

 

Shuva Malka, a student from Migdal HaEmek, told passersby several times that she had been stabbed by an Arab man. A Palestinian suspect was arrested about an hour later.

 

The suspect, 20-year-old Nur Shinawi of Jenin, was apprehended in possession of a knife.

 

He was interrogated by the Shin Bet that confirmed a day after the attack it was nationalistically-motivated.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.23.18, 13:09
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