Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested overnight a Palestinian accused of shooting dead two soldiers in the occupied West Bank last month and involvement in another attack that caused a baby’s death, authorities said Tuesday.
Assem Barghouti is accused of shooting the soldiers at a bus stop near the Givat Assaf settlement in the Ramallah area on December 13, occupation police said.
At least two other people — including another soldier — were wounded, the occupation army said at the time.
Israeli domestic security service, the Shin Bet, also accused him of involvement along with his brother, Saleh Barghouti, in another shooting attack nearby, close to the Ofra settlement, that caused the death of a baby and wounded seven.
In the December 9 shooting, a pregnant woman was seriously wounded and her baby was born prematurely and later died.
Barghouti’s brother, Salah, 29, was martyred during an arrest raid on December 12.
Source: Agencies
