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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Weapons workshop, arms cache found in East Jerusalem, Hebron
2016-04-22
[IsraelTimes] Improvised submachine gun and ammunition seized; 8 suspects detained across West Bank

Israeli forces uncovered a weapons workshop and an arms cache in Jerusalem and the West Bank during overnight raids, officials said Thursday morning.

In the Abu Dis neighborhood of East Jerusalem, police said they found a workshop with machines to produce pipe bombs and other "weaponry." In one mill, raw materials to produce explosives and ammunition was found.

Both machines would destroyed by the military, police said. They did not detail if any arrests were made.

In the West Bank city of Hebron, an Israeli soldier found a Carl Gustav-style submachine gun with a bullet magazine, ammunition, a Molotov cocktail, pipe bombs, tear gas grenades and a stock of commando knives.

Eight people were jugged
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
across the West Bank during the raids, including three in Hebron, which was a hotbed of anti-Israel attacks during a six month wave of violence that began in October.

One of the people arrested was suspected of involvement in terror activities and violent rioting against civilians and security forces, according to an IDF statement.

All of the suspects were taken for questioning by security forces.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  I want a
Printed (not improvised!) flame-thrower.
Telex: BRB 549, 3 Bells and be patient
Posted by: Shipman   2016-04-22 17:38  

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