Police hunt missing Wadi Ara teen armed with knife
Youth threatens to harm himself before leaving home; authorities tell public to be vigilant, call hotline with any information
Israel Police were searching Friday for a 16-year-old youth from Wadi Ara in northern Israel, who disappeared from his home village armed with a knife.
The police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the teen, who threatened to harm himself before leaving his house with the knife, the Walla news website reported.
The teen was reported missing earlier Friday, and the public was asked to be vigilant, out of concern that the youth could harm himself or others. He is described as around 1.75 meters in height, with a lean physique and a scar on the left side of his head. He was last seen wearing jeans and a green hoodie, and has glasses and a short beard, Walla said.
The police were asking anyone with any information on his whereabouts to contact their hotline by dialing 100.
The Wadi Ara area is home to a sizable proportion of Israel’s Arab population, and is also the location of Tel Aviv gunman Nashat Milhem’s home village of Arara. Milhem was shot dead in the village on January 8, a week after he killed three people during a shooting spree in the coastal metropolis.