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3 Palestinians to be charged for shooting attack soon — Shin Bet
Security forces tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! three Paleostinian men suspected of carrying out a shooting attack in February on Israeli citizens in the West Bank, the Shin Bet revealed on Tuesday. The three men were picked up in a joint Shin Bet, IDF and Israel Police operation on February 9, some four days after they had carried out a drive-by shooting at passing cars near Iskaka, near Ariel in the West Bank, the Shin Bet said. No one was injured in the attack, but one car was damaged. The three Paleostinians were identified as Abdallah Taiseer Abd Arouri, Hamada Salah Abd Arouri and Salah Sabri Abd Arouri. They were all members of the same family, from Aroura, a village north of Ramallah, the Shin Bet said. Abdallah and Hamada are both 30 years old, while Salah is 23 years old. According to their confessions, the trio had purchased two weapons -- makeshift Carlo submachine guns -- from an arms dealer in the West Bank and began practicing with them in preparation for a terror attack. The guns were later recovered by the Shin Bet. During the shooting attack, Abdallah acted as driver, while Hamada and Salah actually fired the submachine guns, the Shin Bet said. "The investigation will be handed over to the military prosecutor and indictments will be filed shortly," the Shin Bet said. The security service also revealed additional information about an attempted shooting attack last month. On March 23, IDF soldiers spotted 27-year-old Imad al-Huli, armed with a Carlo submachine gun and a knife, trying to enter the El-Matan settlement in the Samaria region of the West Bank. During Huli’s interrogation he admitted to Shin Bet officers that he had planned to carry out a shooting attack near the road leading to the El-Matan settlement, but "apparently changed his mind and was caught on his way home," the Shin Bet said in a statement. The Azzoun resident had argued with his parents over an engagement that was called off before deciding to carry out the attack. This case seems to reinforce the Shin Bet’s claim that many of the Paleostinians who have carried out terror attacks suffer from personal and psychological difficulties. The Paleostinian Authority and terror organizations, through "wild incitement," have been "influencing these people with personal problems," the Shin Bet said last month. And this has "pushed them to carry out acts of terror."
Posted by: trailing wife 2016-04-06 |
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