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| Six arrested in E. Jerusalem and the West Bank | |
| 2017-04-03 | |
| Two clerics arrested connected to Old City stabbing [Ynet] Two holy mans from the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount were tossed in the clink Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! as part of an investigation into Saturday’s stabbing attack on Hagai Street. A gag order has been issued on the details of their alleged involvement. Two civilians and one policeman were slightly injured in the attack. The two suspects, da’is (charitable workers for Islamic organizations) at the mosque, are named Sami Abed Fatiha and Hasnin Zahnir. Their remand was extended by four days, and a gag order was imposed on every detail of the investigation, apart from the arrest of the two.
[IsraelTimes] Police arrested two East Jerusalem residents for suspected incitement to violence over posts on their Facebook pages, a police spokesperson said Sunday. The two suspects, who police said were not associated with each other, were arrested for uploading posts to their Facebook accounts that are said to praise terrorists and terror attacks in Israel. Police said that during a search of the homes of the two suspects, who are 20 and 24 years-old, “media materials and incitement materials were seized.” An investigation into the two suspects was opened and police requested they be held in detention until the end of proceedings against them, Israel Radio reported. Soldiers foil attempted West Bank stabbing attempt [IsraelTimes] A Palestinian man was arrested after brandishing a screwdriver and threatening to stab a soldier at a West Bank checkpoint on Sunday, the army said. The Palestinian man approached the soldiers’ post near the Tzufim settlement near the northwestern West Bank city of Qalqilya armed with a screwdriver. He threatened to stab the soldier at the gate. Following military protocol the soldiers called for him to stop, and the man “surrendered himself to them,” without the use of force, the army said. The suspect was taken for interrogation. Alleged Palestinian counterfeiter nabbed with $800,000 in fake cash [IsraelTimes] Police say a Palestinian man in possession of nearly a million dollars of US currency has been arrested in the West Bank. The 35-year-old man from the Hebron-area village of Yatta is detained after an undercover investigation by Israeli security forces into a suspected counterfeiting ring. At the time of his arrest, Israeli troops uncover $800,000 in a suitcase the suspect is carrying. Police say their investigation into the incident is ongoing. | |
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