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Two Bedouin arrested over murder of IDF soldier in Arad
[Ynet] Shin Bet confirms two Negev Bedouin residents were placed in durance vileYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! Friday night on suspicion of involvement in nationalistically-motivated stabbing attack in Arad that claimed the life of 19-year-old Sgt. Ron Kokia. Security forces arrested last week two Negev residents on suspicion of involvement in a terror attack carried out last Thursday, in which Sgt. Ron Yitzhak Kokia was fatally stabbed in Arad, it was cleared for publication Monday. During the investigation, one of the suspects implicated himself in the attack and informed his interrogators where the Tavor assault rifle was taken after being stolen from the 19-year-old Kokia in the murder. The two suspects, both Bedouin, were arrested on Friday night, 24 hours after the attack, by the Shin Bet, which determined during the investigation that the stabbing was nationalistically-motivated. The two were arrested, the Shin Bet said, after intense intelligence operations and a widescale manhunt. On Sunday, one of the suspects took the security forces to the scene of the stabbing, where he reconstructed exactly how it took place. A gag order was placed over the identities of the suspects. Kokia, who served in the Nahal Brigade, was stabbed to death while waiting for the bus outside a mall in Arad on Thursday night in what police believed from the outset was likely a nationalistically-motivated murder. He was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at Tel Aviv's Kiryat Shaul military cemetery, with some 2,000 people in attendance.
Mayors of Bedouin communities in the south of the country met Tuesday with the mayor of Arad to reaffirm their commitment to coexistence after the arrest of two Bedouin Israelis for the fatal stabbing of an IDF soldier last week. They met with Mayor Nissan Ben Hamo at his office in the southern town’s municipal building. Among those who took part in the meeting were the mayors and regional council leaders of Rahat, Hura, Ar’ara Banegev, and Al-Kasom. Talal al-Krenawi, mayor of Rahat, urged his community members to turn away from violence. “We call on you, the young people, not to resort to violence,” he said. “These [attackers] are weeds that must be uprooted.” Krenawi called for continued coexistence between Jewish and Bedouin communities in the area, Hadashot TV news reported. “We denounce the attack and we are against violence,” he said. “Don’t let this grave incident harm the coexistence between us. We are in favor of tolerance and call on all the young people not to resort to violence. We must work together and live together; this is my country, as it is yours.” Krenawi said that the Bedouin wanted to live in peace with their Jewish neighbors. “Our parents who were here wanted to live in peace with their Jewish neighbors. The way of terror attacks is not our way and is not acceptable to us.” Posted by: trailing wife 2017-12-05 |
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