The Shin Bet security agency officially identifies the suspect in the Friday terror attack that killed Yaakov and Netanel Litman near Hebron.
The Shin Bet’s statement confirms Palestinian reports from earlier today. The suspect, arrested last night in Hebron by IDF troops, is Shadi Ahmad Mutawa, age 28, married with two children.
Mutawa is tied to the Islamic Jihad organization, the agency says.
The Sunday night statement sheds new light on the arrest, revealing that Mutawa’s father and brother decided to turn Mutawa in to the IDF in an apparent bid to prevent Israel from demolishing the family home.
The Shin Bet says the suspect confessed his guilt in his interrogation, and IDF troops found the firearm used in the shooting attack in Mutawa’s home, while the car used in the attack was found parked nearby.
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