Tel Aviv gunman ‘had served time in Israeli prison’

Having identified today’s Tel Aviv terrorist as an Arab from Wadi Ara in northern Israel, police are examining who helped him to carry out the attack.

The alleged killer, 29, is said to have served time in jail in Israel, having been sentenced to a five-year term in 2006 for trying to grab a soldier’s gun.

Police have released a photograph of the improvised Car Gustav gun that he used.

The Carl Gustav gun used in January 1's terror attack in Tel Aviv
The Carl Gustav gun used in January 1’s terror attack in Tel Aviv

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