Cleared for publication: About three years since the attack and the result of a joint IDF, police and Shin Bet operation in the Shai District, a suspected terrorist was taken into custody. The terrorist who perpetrated a stabbing attack Kikar Adam stabbing attack on December 23, 2013. The suspect, 21-year-old Muhmad Ali Abu-Henak of Obadiah in the Bet Lechem district is in custody.

Kikar Adam is located after Hizme, a gateway to the Shomron with Jews traveling from Jerusalem turning right to the Binyamin Regional Council communities and Arabs turning left to PA (Palestinian Authority) autonomous areas.

It is added that Abu-Henak on the day of the attack decided to go ahead with it as he wished to bring an end to his bleak life.

Abu-Henak was armed with a kitchen knife when he entered a taxi heading from Ramallah to the Beit Lechem region. When he saw the policeman at Kikar Adam he decided to get out of the taxi to stab the policeman in his back, leaving him moderately wounded. He succeeded in fleeing the scene and remained free until his recent apprehension.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)