Would-be terrorist turns himself in to Tel Aviv police

A 22-year-old man from the Israeli Arab town of Umm al-Fahm is under arrest, after telling police officers in Tel Aviv he had planned to carry out a terror attack, Channel 2 reports.

The man approached the police office in the city’s Central Bus Station and said he had planned to stab passersby, and had even obtained a knife for the purpose, but regretted his decision once he arrived and decided to throw away the knife and turn himself in.

According to Channel 2, officers are unable to locate the knife.

The man is taken for questioning by Shin Bet investigators.

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