Posted on 09/24/2008 12:33:27 PM PDT by forkinsocket
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police announced on Wednesday the smashing of a "terrorist cell" from east Jerusalem believed responsible for the killing of two border policemen and of preparing other attacks.
Alleged cell leader Mohammed Halal Abu Sneineh, 21, from the Anata neighbourhood, and two other unnamed suspects were arrested around 10 days ago on charges of murder and attempted murder, a police source said.
Four other suspected members of the ring are already in jail.
The Jerusalem district court initially ordered a blackout on news of their detentions at the request of the domestic security agency, Shin Beth.
The two policemen were killed in east Jerusalem, one in January and the other in July. The three suspects are also suspected of wounding two others and of planning an attack on yet another one.
Jerusalem police commander Aharon Franco told journalists on Wednesday that 250 residents of east Jerusalem had been arrested on security grounds since the beginning of 2008.
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