Israeli Police Capture 2 Of 6 Escaped Prisoners

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The Israel Police said late Friday that they had captured two of the six Palestinian security prisoners who escaped from jail earlier this week after an intense five-day manhunt.

The two were caught in the northern Israeli town of Nazareth, police said, promising to soon release further details. The Shin Bet also declined to comment.

Hebrew media identified the two as Yaquob Qadiri and Mahmoud al-Arida, both of Islamic Jihad. Al-Arida was reported to be the mastermind of the escape. His younger brother Mohammed was still on the run.

Reports said that police had been tipped off by residents of the predominantly Arab town, who noticed two men digging through trash, apparently searching for food.

Channel 12 news said they called the police who realized it might be the fugitives and sent a large force to the area.

Following the arrests, the two were transferred to the Shin Bet for questioning and officials were hopeful they could provide leads to recapturing the other four fugitives, Ynet reported.

Read more at Times of Israel.

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3 COMMENTS

  1. ‘ the two were transferred to the Shin Bet for questioning and officials were hopeful they could provide leads to recapturing the other four fugitives’, y’think?

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