Traffic police, Border Guard identify 2 suspicious 17-year-olds near Tapuah Junction; discover knives, gun, powerful explosives which may have been intended for terrorist attack at crowded hitchhikers post.| It's a busy week for failed attempts throughout the Ummah. The attentive soul might get the idea that Allah no longer favours such behaviour... |
The incident occurred near Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank, near a hitchhikers post used by many Israelis on Saturday night.
Security forces suspect that the post was the intended target of the attack.
"Our fighters noticed two men in their 20s acting strangely," a Border Police front man said. "They looked under pressure in the presence of security personnel," he added.
The suspicious conduct by the Paleostinians prompted Border Police to initiate a search of them and their bags. The officers uncovered a small arsenal of powerful explosives.
Four pipe bombs, two knives, and a home-made gun were seized in the search.
A Judea and Samaria Traffic Police patrol car then joined the scene, and placed the suspects under arrest.
During initial questioning, each suspect blamed the other. Both men are from the Balata region of Nablus. The suspects were taken away for questioning, and are refusing to cooperate.
Border Police then dispatched a bomb squad unit, which defused pipe bombs.