An East Jerusalem contractor, who was arrested on suspicion of being involved in Friday’s deadly shooting attack at a Tel Aviv bar, is released from police custody.
The contractor, whose name is not released for publication, says he has nothing at all to do with the attack.
Nashat Milhem, the Arab Israeli man who allegedly carried out the shooting attack in Tel Aviv on January 1, 2016. (Israel Police)
Police say Nashat Milhem opened fire with a submachine gun at the Simta Bar on Tel Aviv’s central Dizengoff Street on Friday afternoon, killing 26-year-old Alon Bakal and 30-year-old Shimon Ruimi and injuring seven others. He then allegedly fired into two other establishments, fled the scene on foot, hailed a cab, and rode to north Tel Aviv, where he killed the driver before abandoning the vehicle.
As of Thursday, police surmised that Milhem, the suspected shooter, has been hiding out in the West Bank, although most details of the search remain under gag order.
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