The two brothers of the assailant who killed four people in a terror stabbing spree in Beersheba are reportedly suspected of having aided him in the attack.
According to Ynet, Channel 13 and others, security forces believe Mohammad Abu al-Qi’an’s two brothers, who were arrested overnight Tuesday-Wednesday, provided him with “the means” to carry out the attack.
The unsourced reports added that the unnamed brothers are also suspected of membership in a terror organization.
Police said in a statement after their arrests that the brothers were suspected of failing to prevent the attack.
Abu al-Qi’an was shot dead by passersby after murdering four people and injuring two in the southern city on Tuesday.
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The 34-year-old from the Bedouin town of Hura in the Negev, who died of his wounds at the scene, had served four years in prison for plotting to join the fundamentalist Islamic State terror group in Syria. He was released in 2019. Police said he likely did not act on behalf of a terror organization in Tuesday’s attack.
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