Police have arrested two men suspected in the attempted assassination of Arraba Mayor Ahmad Nassar and his deputy, Anwar Yassin, in the northern Arab city last month.
The suspects are Arraba residents aged 35 and 45, police say. They will be brought to the Nazareth Magistrate’s Court where officers will request to keep them in detention.
The shooting, which left both Nassar and Yassin injured, rocked Arab society and prompted a nationwide strike in Arab cities and towns across Israel.
The mayor had publicly attested to receiving threats on his life by criminal elements in the months before the shooting.
Footage picked up by a security camera the night of the shooting on March 8 shows two men dressed in black entering the bakery where Nassar, Yassin and several others sat chatting around a table.
One of the assailants approached the group, grabbing their attention, while the other cocked his handgun and fired several times, hitting Nassar and Yassin.
Nassar was seriously injured while Yassin suffered moderate injuries.
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