A Palestinian accused of setting up an explosive-laden Palestinian flag on the side of a highway in the West Bank last month, which wounded an Israeli man, has been detained, the Shin Bet security agency says.
Muhammad Attullah Abu Alia, 22, a resident of Mughayir, was detained on May 4 over his alleged involvement in the April 21 attack, the Shin Bet says.
In his initial interrogation, the Shin Bet says Abu Alia “implicated himself” in building the bomb and carrying out the attack.
The agency says during his arrest by the IDF, troops also seized materials that Abu Alia allegedly used to build the bomb.
The Israeli man lightly wounded in the incident was an off-duty IDF reservist.
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