Two relatives of Beersheba terrorist arrested

Two family members of the terrorist who killed four people at a shopping mall yesterday before being shot dead have been arrested, police say.

According to a police statement, the two men — related to terrorist Mohammad Ghaleb Abu al-Qi’an — were detained in a joint operation between police and the Shin Bet.

The two men, suspected of not preventing the attack, are slated to appear in the Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court this afternoon.

Abu al-Qi’an’s extended family decried the attack yesterday. “We harshly condemn this terrorist act in Beersheba today that took the lives of innocent civilians,” the Abu al-Qi’an clan said. “This criminal action is a lone act, that represents only he who performed it. We are a family that believes in coexistence and obeying the law.”