[IsraelTimes] Police suspect Facebook post by resident praising ’deaders’ who carried out Friday’s terror attack may have led to incidentUnidentified assailants hurled a stun grenade Friday at a mosque in the northern town of Maghar, the home of one of the coppers killed in the Jerusalem terror attack earlier in the day.
No one was hurt in the attack, and police were investigating whether it was connected to the death of officer Haiel Sitawe.
Maghar is a town with a mixed population of Druze, Moslems and Christians. Police suspected that a Facebook post by a female Moslem resident praising the "deaders" who carried out the terror attack may have led to the incident.
Speaking at Sitawe’s funeral Friday, Police Chief Roni Alsheich called for restraint on all sides, urging "all leaderships of all sectors, communities and ethnic groups not to allow any extreme ideology, any movement or group to disturb the peace." He added that bully boyz "will be dealt with severely, as is appropriate for the war on terror. We will not allow them any achievement."
Sitawe, 30, was buried in Maghar Friday afternoon. The second victim of the attack, Sergeant Master Kamil Shnaan, 22, was laid to rest in the Druze village of Hurfeish, also in northern Israel.
Sitawe joined the Border Police as part of his mandatory national service. He joined the Israel Police in 2012 and had served in the unit responsible for securing the Temple Mount ever since. He leaves behind a wife, Irin, a three-week-old son, his parents and three brothers.
Shnaan joined the police directly after high school. He decided to stay on the police force seven months ago, signing on as a career officer. He was the youngest son of a former Labor Party Knesset member, Shachiv Shnaan. His engagement party to his girlfriend was to be held next week.
Shnaan leaves behind his parents, one brother and three sisters.