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2 Palestinian girls nabbed on way to suicide attack
Two 15-year-old girls were arrested overnight Wednesday in the West Bank city of Nablus for allegedly planning to carry out a suicide attack together with their fathers, Army Radio reported. According to the report, the four were recruited by an Al-Aksa activist. IDF sources told the radio that the same activist recruited Husam Abdu, 16, of Nablus to carry out a suicide bombing at the Huwara checkpoint south of the West Bank city. The two teenage girls were identified as members of the Fatah organization, Majda Kohon and Assil al-Hindi. They were arrested in Nablus and taken into custody along with their fathers. Israel radio reported that after questioning it transpired that one of the girls had recruited the other to carry out a suicide bombing attack. A report on the Maâariv quoted the mother of one of the girls as saying she believed her daughter, whom she described as disciplined and did not leave the house much, to be completely innocent. Also Wednesday, a Palestinian from the Islamic Jihad organization was shot and killed by members of a Border Police undercover unit in Jenin during a sweep for Palestinians wanted for questioning by the security forces. According to Army Radio, Majed al-Saâadi, 25, was at the time inside a restaurant in Jenin. Military sources said al-Saâadi tried to flee despite being surrounded and was shot when he failed to heed repeated calls to stop. The sources said the Border Police troops came under fire from several points during the course of the mission. There were no casualties or damage and the soldiers returned fire. Five other fugitives were arrested in Jenin by members of the undercover unit and another nine were captured during sweeps on nearby villages. The incident happened during similar operation in various West Bank locations in which a total of 28 suspected terrorists and Palestinians wanted for questioning were detained. The 12 other Palestinians, including Hamas militants, were captured during sweeps in Dir Amar, El-Bireh and A-Ram near Ramallah, as well as in Hebron. Posted by: tipper 2004-06-16 |
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