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Two East Jerusalem men arrested for plotting to kidnap Border Police officer
A Jerusalem District Court on Sunday indicted two Israeli Arabs from East Jerusalem who were allegedly plotting to kidnap Border Police officers from a checkpoint in the West Bank. The two defendants, Abdallah Abid, 21, and Iyad Abid, 19, were arrested as part of a joint investigation carried out by the Shin Bet Security Service and the Israel Police. Both men carry Israeli identity cards. The two confessed to being members of Hamas and of planning to attack a Border Patrol jeep with a tractor and abduct a patrolman to use to barter for the release of Hamas prisoners held in Israeli jails. The two men had pooled money to buy a pistol and a search of their homes turned up a taser, clubs, knives, masks, and gloves. The two men also confessed to torching polling stations in East Jerusalem during municipal elections in November. Posted by: Fred 2008-12-15 |
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