Terrorist not member of any group, say friends

21 January 2015, 1:02 pm

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Palestinian security sources also identify the terrorist as Hamza Muhammad Hasan Matrouk, a 23-year-old from the Tulkarem refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Ma’an news agency.

Ma’an also reports that camp residents said Matrouk was not affiliated with any political groups, and that the IDF summoned his father and other relatives for questioning.

A friend of Matrouk’s says he did not notice anything unusual about Hamza’s behavior the night before the attack.

“Last night Hamza and I hung out with friends in the camp until 11 p.m. and we had fun,” he tells Ma’an. “He was laughing and kidding and I know very well that he isn’t affiliated to any faction.”