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| Tuesday round-up: Jerusalem truck terrorist |
| 2017-01-11 |
| Truck terrorist was killed by both soldiers and guide [IsraelTimes] An autopsy of the terrorist who drove his truck into a group of soldiers, killing four of them, was killed by bullets fired by soldiers at the scene and a civilian tour guide. The examination found he was killed by bullets from an army issued M-16 rifle and from a 9mm pistol, Channel 2 says. Israel starts procedure to revoke residency from truck attacker’s family [IsraelTimes] Israel has summoned 12 family members of the East Jerusalem terrorist who drove his truck into a crowd of soldiers, killing four, to begin procedures for stripping them of their residency status. Interior Minister Aryeh Deri says that “we have to use every measure at our disposal as a deterrence,” according to Hebrew language media. Deri thanks police and Interior Ministry workers for beginning the procedure so quickly. 4 arrested over Jerusalem graffiti praising truck-rammer [IsraelTimes] Message scrawled on Old City wall extols terrorist in Sunday’s deadly attack and implores Jews to leave capital. Israeli police arrested four residents of the Old City in Jerusalem overnight Monday for spray-painting graffiti praising the terrorist who carried out a truck-ramming attack in the capital on Sunday, killing four soldiers and wounding 16. The graffiti, which was found sprayed across shopfronts in the Muslim Quarter the night after the attack, praises attacker Fadi al-Qunbar, a resident of East Jerusalem, while also declaring that the truck-ramming was “resistance, not terror.” The graffiti also mentions the name Mesbah Abu Sabih, who killed two Israelis in a shooting attack in October at Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill light rail stop, with “We will not despair until you give up” and “There is no place for you [Jews] in Jerusalem” written in Hebrew under his name. Also found written in Hebrew was the statement, “Yesterday’s attack is the beginning of 2017.” The suspects, whose ages range from 13 to 20 years old, were arrested after police uncovered cans of spray paint during a search of their homes, a police spokeswoman said. The 13-year-old has since been released to house arrest, while the rest of the suspects will remain in police custody until the completion of the investigation, after which they will be brought before a court, the spokeswoman added. On Sunday, the security cabinet ordered the security services to detain and investigate anyone found praising or celebrating the attack, which likely led to Monday evening’s arrests. Police also detained three minors ages 12-14 Monday night after security forces were targeted with rocks, a Molotov cocktail and firecrackers in Jabel Mukaber, the East Jerusalem neighborhood whence Qunbar hailed |
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