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| Nine Palestinians arrested for bomb attack against IDF |
| 2016-11-11 |
| [IsraelTines] Indictments to be filed against eight suspects from northern West Bank and co-conspirator from East Jerusalem. Paleostinians were incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! over several months on suspicion of participating in a cell that targeted Israeli security forces with bombs, as well as for plotting future attacks against Israeli forces, the Shin Bet security agency said in a statement on Thursday. According to the Shin Bet, it arrested the nine Paleostinians in a joint operation with the Israel Police and IDF. Eight of the Paleostinians are from the northern West Bank, while one is an East Jerusalem resident. All were arrested between August and October. The Shin Bet said that the Paleostinians from the northern West Bank were arrested for targeting IDF soldiers on numerous occasions with bombs, while Ahmed Azala, the Paleostinian from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Bab al-Huta in the Moslem Quarter of the Old City, was arrested for working with the cell to try and smuggle two kilograms (four pounds) of kaboom from the West Bank to Jerusalem to use in the preparation of pipe bombs. Security forces confiscated laboratory equipment used for making kabooms and devices, as well as various types of raw materials used in the explosive-making process. Indictments are expected to be filed in the coming days against the suspects in the Jerusalem District Court. |
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