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An air pistol, bullet magazines and other items seized by police from the home of an Israeli suspect accused of firing the pistol at a Palestinian vehicle. (Israel Police)
Police revealed Sunday they had arrested a Jewish teen suspected of firing an air pistol at a Palestinian vehicle in the West Bank, breaking the rear window.
Moshe Yinon Oren, 18, from the northern West Bank outpost of Givat Arusi, was detained by the nationalist crime prevention unit on August 28 in a joint police and Shin Bet security service operation, the Israel Police said in a statement.
During questioning, Oren admitted to using a CO₂-powered BB gun in the August 24 attack on a Palestinian vehicle at the Yatshir Ha’Gadol Junction, near the settlement Har Bracha, on Route 60.
Oren, who reconstructed the crime for investigators, said he rode an all-terrain vehicle to the junction, where he shot at a passing Palestinian car. The pellet punched a hole in the rear window of the car, but did not cause any injuries. Oren then escaped on the ATV.
A hole in the rear window of a Palestinian vehicle that was allegedly shot at by a Jewish right-wing activist using a BB gun. (Israel Police)
During a search of Oren’s home, police recovered the air pistol, which was found “ready for use” and the ATV, police said in a statement.
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In addition, cops found a magazine full of plastic bullets, an empty magazine, CO₂ powerlets for the pistol, a slingshot and a metal box with 37 spikes for bursting tires.
On September 4, 2016, Oren was indicted for endangering a life on a highway.
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