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ISA Press Release: 4 Persons Arrested in Connection with 3 January
ISA Press Release: 4 Persons Arrested in Connection with 3 January Haifa
Shooting Attack
(Communicated by the ISA)
The following details have been cleared for publication regarding the
shooting attack in Haifa, on 3 January 2017, in which Muhammad Shinawi, a
resident of the Haifa neighborhood of Halisa, perpetrated three shootings
resulting in the murder of Guy Kafri and the wounding of Rabbi Yehiel Ilouz.
Shinawi, armed with a “Carlo” semi-automatic weapon, went to lower Haifa
where he saw an ultra-orthodox Jew, followed him and shot him, severely
wounding him. As he fled the scene, Shinawi shot at a Jewish woman whom he
had noticed nearby; however, she was not injured. As he fled toward his
neighborhood, he saw a Jewish man, and shot and killed him.
Shinawi continued his flight and hid the weapon, along with additional
personal effects, in a wooded area near his parents’ home.
It was learned that, after the shootings, Shinawi was aided by two friends:
Khaled Adel Saliman Abu Kaliv and Ihab Ayoub Mahmoud Yusef. Shinawi met them
and asked them to help him to Brenner Street in Haifa. He admitted to them
that he had carried out the shootings and informed them of his intention to
steal a scooter from a food delivery person whom he had invited to the
locale. He also requested, and received, from Yusef a sharp butcher’s knife
for self-defense.
Following his arrest, Shinawi was investigated by the ISA in cooperation
with the Israel Police. It was learned that he carried out the shootings for
nationalist motives and hatred of Jews, that he deliberately targeted Jews.
In his ISA investigation, it was learned that Shinawi’s hatred of Jews had
intensified in recent years as he had become more religious and based on his
understanding that Jews were “unbelievers who deserved death.”
During the investigation, a minor was detained and questioned on suspicion
of having been sent by Shinawi, shortly before the shootings, to bring him
the “Carlo” semi-automatic.
The State Attorney (Haifa District), today (Monday, 30 January 2017), in
Haifa District Court, filed charges against Shinawi for – inter alia –
murder, attempted murder and use of a weapon to carry out an act of
terrorism.
Khaled Adel Saliman Abu Kaliv and Ihab Ayoub Mahmoud Yusef were indicted
for – inter alia – being accessories to an act of terrorism and obstruction
of justice.
The aforesaid minor was also charged for aiding Muhammad Shinawi.
Source: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=72107
