Four Palestinians from the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem are to be charged with attacking security forces and shooting at a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of the capital earlier this year, police and the Shin Bet security agency say.
According to the joint statement, the four suspects, aged 19 to 21, were allegedly involved in 12 separate incidents of rioting in the Shuafat camp, which included one case of gunfire and numerous cases of hurling improvised explosive devices, Molotov cocktails, and stones at police officers.
One Border Police officer was lightly hurt by an IED hurled by the suspects in one of the incidents, police say, adding that they “operated as a cell.”
Two of the suspects allegedly opened fire from the Shuafat camp at the nearby Pisgat Zeev neighborhood in March, the statement adds.
An indictment against the four charging them with various security offenses is expected to be filed later today at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court.
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