Suspected Bat Yam bus bomber arrested 5 months after botched attack

A Palestinian terrorist suspected of being behind a botched bus bombing attack in central Israel in February was detained earlier today by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus, the IDF, Shin Bet and police announce.

In the attack on February 20, three empty buses exploded in quick succession in parking lots in the Tel Aviv suburbs of Bat Yam and Holon, and two more unexploded devices were discovered on additional buses in Holon. No casualties were caused.

Abed al-Karim Snober, who is accused of carrying out the attack, was detained following a months-long manhunt, the IDF and Shin Bet say.

According to the military, an explosion yesterday in Nablus that was likely caused by the terrorist handling additional explosive devices in his possession, led forces to the apartment where he was hiding. The IDF says Snober was wounded and fled the site.

Overnight, IDF troops, Border Police officers and Shin Bet agents led a 19-hour pursuit after the terrorist, at the end of which he was detained.

The military says that during scans at the building where the explosion occurred a day earlier, forces found additional primed explosive devices and destroyed them.