[IsraelTimes] West Bank resident suspected of knowing of attack plans or of helping slain suspect; cab driver accused of driving alleged terrorist to Jerusalem ordered held 5 more days
Israeli forces on Sunday arrested the brother of a suspected Paleostinian terrorist who carried out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem, the Shin Bet security agency confirmed.
The brother, who is suspected of having prior knowledge of Muhammad Salima’s intentions to carry out an assault and of possibly assisting him, was detained at home in the West Bank town of Salfit.
| That’s Muhammad Shaukat Muhammad Salima in full. Perhaps at some point we’ll learn the brother’s name. |
Salima, 25, stabbed an Israeli civilian near the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday afternoon before being rubbed out by Border Police officers, Israeli authorities said.
Also Sunday, a judge ordered a taxi driver suspected of transporting Salima to be held in jug for at least five more days.
The man, a resident of the "triangle" of Arab towns in northern Israel in his 40s, is suspected of assisting Salima.
Border Police chief Amir Cohen met with the two officers on Sunday and gave them back their guns, which were taken when they were questioned over the shooting.
He also ordered that they return to operational duty.
The officers have said they feared he was still dangerous when they shot him, and they did not know what he was holding or concealing on his person.
The two officers killed the suspected terrorist after he stabbed Avraham Elimelich, an ultra-Orthodox man, in the neck, then attempted to attack the officers. The incident took place on a street near the Old City’s Damascus Gate.
The suspect, a Palestinian who had smuggled into Israel illegally, was previously arrested for incitement to violence in 2019. 
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