Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 7, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Remand extended for father of TA shooter suspect
The court extends by three days the remand of the father of Nashat Milhem, the fugitive man suspected in last Friday’s deadly shooting attacks in Tel Aviv.
Muhammed Milhem — the suspected gunman’s father, who is himself a suspect in the case — says he believes his son is in the West Bank.
Muhammed Milhem at the Haifa Magistrate’s Court, January 5, 2016 (Channel 2 screenshot)
Police say Nashat Milhem opened fire with a submachine gun on the Simta Bar on Tel Aviv’s central Dizengoff Street on Friday afternoon, killing 26-year-old Alon Bakal and 30-year-old Shimon Ruimi and injuring seven others. He then allegedly fired into two other establishments, fled the scene on foot, hailed a cab, and rode to north Tel Aviv, where he killed the driver before abandoning the vehicle.
