Lawyer for gunman’s father informed authorities of his location

The lawyer for the father of Nashat Milhem this morning provided security forces with concrete information that the fugitive gunman was in his home village of Arara, hours before he was killed in a shootout there with police and Shin Bet officials, Channel 10 says.

The TV report says that Milhem broke into the home of a close relative in the village late last night, and the lawyer called the police this morning.

Nechami Feinblatt is the state-appointed defender representing Mohammed Milhem, who has been arrested more than once during the week-long manhunt for his son. The police told Feinblatt to pass the information on to the Shin Bet, the report says.

Mohammed Milhem had instructed Feinblatt to pass on any information that would lead to his son’s capture, according to the report.