Second man arrested in wake of Duma firebombing

Eviyatar Slonim, a settler who was ordered to stay away from the West Bank due to his suspected participation in extremist activities, has been arrested, the Shin Bet security service announces in a statement.

Slonim is the second right-wing activist to be arrested in the wake of a firebombing attack in the Palestinian village of Duma early Friday that killed a toddler and critically wounded his parents and brother.

He was arrested in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on suspicion of “active participation in an extremist, violent Jewish organization,” the Shin Bet statement said.

Like the first far-right activist arrested after Friday’s attack, Meir Ettinger, there was no indication that Slonim was linked to the firebombing in Duma.