Jerusalem terror attack suspect remanded
Khaled Koutineh, 37, of West Bank town of Anata, allegedly rammed his car into a bus stop, killing one and seriously wounding another
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Sunday extended by six days the remand of the suspected perpetrator of Wednesday’s apparent terror attack in Jerusalem’s French Hill neighborhood, which claimed the life of a 25-year-old man and left a 20-year-old woman seriously wounded.
Khaled Koutineh, 37, of the West Bank town of Anata, parts of which are located within the Jerusalem Municipality, was arrested after he rammed his car into a bus stop in the capital and was later interrogated by police and Shin Bet investigators. Koutineh’s lawyer and family maintained that the car-ramming incident was an accidental crash and not a terror attack.
Yohai Sherki, the son of prominent Rabbi Ouri Sherki, was killed in the attack. Sherki died of his injuries on Thursday morning and was buried later that day. Shira Klein, Sherki’s girlfriend, remains in the hospital in critical condition.
The capital has seen a spate of car-ramming attacks over the past year, in which Palestinian “lone-wolf” assailants have used their vehicles as weapons to mow down Israeli civilians. Such attacks are usually spontaneous and are not thought to be directly orchestrated by terrorist organizations.
Times of Israel Staff contributed to this report.