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| Palestinian arrested for Rahat stabbing says propaganda spurred him |
| 2016-02-25 |
| [Ynet] 17-year-old suspect residing illegally in Israel says he was influenced by Paleostinian propaganda and entered Israel through security fence breaches. A 17-year-old Paleostinian residing in Israel illegally was jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... by security forces on suspicion of committing a stabbing attack in Rahat two weeks earlier, it was cleared for publication on Wednesday. Shlomit Ganon, 65, from Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev, was lightly maimed in that attack. The suspect was arrested three days after the attack. He confessed to the act, reenacted the stabbing and led the Sherlocks to the knife that he threw away. The prosecution is expected to indict him for attempted murder. The suspect, a resident of Yatta, south of Hebron, with no previous criminal record, exploited breaches in the security fence to enter Israel. He did agricultural work with relatives in Rahat, where he lived with family. Several relatives were also arrested on suspicion of helping him enter Israel and helping him hide in the days after the attack. During his interrogation, he said that he had been influenced by Paleostinian propaganda against Israel and took part in riots and stone-throwing against Israelis near Yatta in recent months. Shortly after the stabbing, he returned to the scene of the crime, and bravely ran away again after noticing police forces. "He ran at first, not knowing where he was going," said an official source. "At some point he even returned to the scene, saw the commotion and continued to run away." The suspect eventually returned to his residence in Rahat. Once a video of him showing him running away was posted online, he confessed to his brother that he committed the attack. They both fled to Hebron with the help of traffickers of undocumented im The stabbing occurred when Gonen and her family visited the market in Rahat. The investigation revealed that the attacker stabbed her after noticing that her family had gone into a store in the market and she was left alone. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 A migrant agricultural worker, smuggled in by relatives, agitated by 'truespeak', attacks a woman of 65 years, shopping. Sounds like it could happen on any street, anywhere. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-02-25 10:14 |
| #1 sounds like the family needs exporting as well |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-02-25 09:04 |