Guard who stopped bomber: Something was off about him

17 July 2016, 2:36 pm

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The security guard who stopped an attempted pipe bombing on the Jerusalem light rail earlier in the day tells Channel 10 news that there was something off about the bomber, which aroused his suspicion.

Jerusalem District Police Commander, Yoram Halevi, second left, and Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, second right, meet and congratulate light rail security guards who prevented a bombing on July 17, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) — Jerusalem District Police Commander Yoram Halevi, second left, and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, second right, meet and congratulate light rail security guards who prevented a bombing on July 17, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

“As I was getting on I looked around the stations and saw a guy with a hat, glasses and a bag on his back. I thought that something about him was not okay and i went to him. I asked him to take off his bag and he refused, and so I turned him around, put him against the wall and checked him,” he says. “In the backpack I found a bag and inside an explosive device, and I pushed him on the ground.”

Police at the scene where a suspect was found with explosives in his bag at the light trail station in central Jerusalem, on July 17, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The channel reports that a bomb sapper who happened to be passing by heard cries of “terrorist” and ran over to help out and “take care of the bomb,” in the sapper’s words.