American authorities arrested a “person of interest” of Israeli descent on Wednesday on suspicion of being involved in serial killings in three different states. Media outlets in the United States reported that the suspect was removed from a flight from Atlanta to Tel Aviv.
A spokesman for US Customs and Border Protection says the agency’s officers arrested the man about 10 pm Wednesday night at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, as he attempted to board a Delta flight for Tel Aviv. The suspect was handed over to the FBI and Atlanta police.
FOX News reported that the man has a dual citizenship – Israeli and American – and that more than 500 tips helped lead to his arrest. The US law enforcement authorities were aware of his identity and his name was placed on a black list of people not allowed to leave the country.
According to the Atlanta Journal, the suspect had an expired Israeli passport and was about to board a plane to Tel Aviv when agents from several law enforcement agencies swooped in.
Authorities said the serial killer is responsible for at least 16 attacks in Flint, Michigan, five of them fatal. Fourtten of his victims were said to be black men.
(Source: Ynet)
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Is he Jewish?
nope hes an israeli arab
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/12/report-police-detain-man-connection-mich-serial-stabbings/#content
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Are all blog commentators retarded or only some of them?
Usually the third one is.
How ’bout change the title to “Arab Serial Killer..”. His expired Israeli passport is irrelevant, but his Arab descent is not!
Let me get this straight “smartalek” (#5) – You would feel injured only if your attacker was a person of “bad” descent?!
ny100k,
as you can see only some of them
The media reporting an “Israeli citizen” gives the nut jobs out there assuming that he’s Jewish. As usual, the media won’t get it right.
Perhaps no one will ever know if he is jewish or not. The media still makes Israel look ill in the spotlight. And by the way… I never knew there was nonstop from ATL to Tel Aviv. Interesting!
“Israeli Serial Killer” presumes guilt, leaves the impression he is Jewish (l’havdil), omits his name, doesn’t give the source of accompanying face sketch, and establishes a non-stop flight from Atlanta to Tel Aviv.
Aside from that, a pretty example of “journalism”.
He is a Christian Arab from Ramle, whose family lives in Eretz Yisroel.
His religion is irrelevant.
BTW there has been non-stop service from Atlanta to Tel Aviv on Delta for several years.
“Initial indications, however, are that US officials cannot find the slightest trace of evidence or intelligence linking the man – a 33-year-old Christian who grew up in Ramla – to terrorism.”