The Shin Bet security agency and Israel Police on Tuesday said security forces had arrested an Arab Israeli man affiliated with the Islamic State
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jihadist group for a deadly double bombing attack in Jerusalem last month.
In the attack on November 23, Eslam Froukh, 26, allegedly set off two bombs at two bus stops near entrances to the capital. The attacks killed two people — 16-year-old Aryeh Schupak and 50-year-old Tadese Tashume Ben Ma’ada — and maimed over 20.
According to the Shin Bet, Froukh, an Israeli resident of Kafr ’Aqab in East Jerusalem who lived much of the time in the Ramallah area, committed the attack because of his affiliation with Islamic State.
The agency said Froukh, a mechanical engineer by trade, acted alone and taught himself how to make the bombs used in the attack, using guides from the internet.
The Shin Bet said Froukh had sought to detonate another bomb as security and medical forces treated the victims at the scene of the second attack, but ran into technical issues and did not end up planting it.
In the days after the attack, security forces near the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim found several items apparently used by the terrorist in the attack, including a motorized scooter, a helmet, spare clothes — used before, during, and after the attack — and five pipe bombs.
The Shin Bet said these items helped them identify the attacker, who was arrested several days later.
In another area of the West Bank, near Ramallah, security forces located the site where Froukh allegedly tested his bombs. The Shin Bet said troops seized kabooms, a makeshift submachine gun and a primed bomb similar to the ones used in the Jerusalem attack.
The agency said it suspected Froukh planned to commit another attack using the bomb and the weapon.
Several other suspects were arrested in the days following the bombing, but were all released.
Prosecutors are expected to file an indictment against Froukh in the coming days, which will include murder and other terror charges.