Police say they have arrested a 17-year-old youth on suspicion of involvement in the explosion yesterday in the the central city of Ramle that killed four people and wounded nine others, including several injured in a fire sparked by the attack that spread to two nearby stores.
Police said the explosion is believed to be linked to criminal activity in the city, and was not being investigated as a terrorist attack.
Police say the teen, a resident of Ramle, was detained following both overt and covert investigations.
Other details of the probe remain under a police gag order.
The four victims who were killed were identified as Daa Abu Halawa, 50, and her two children Sila, 14, and Muhammad, 10, as well as Leen Mugrabi, age 14. A two-month-old baby was critically wounded.
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