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Middle East |
Israel arrests seven Arabs involved in Meron bus bombing |
2002-08-26 |
Seven Israeli Arab were arrested several weeks ago on the suspicion that they were involved in carrying out the August 4 Meron junction bus bombing, the Israeli media reported Monday. The seven are members of the Bakri family, which resides in Be'ina, a village in the Galilee. Two of the suspects were named as Muhammad Bakri and his son Ibrahim. According to the reports, some of the family members allowed the suicide bomber, a Jordanian worker they knew, to sleep in their home and drove him to the site of the attack. "Here's some fresh towels, Ahmed. You're not going to sleep in that dynamite belt, are you? Here's some nice, fresh pyjamas..." |
Posted by:Fred Pruitt |