Cleared for publication: the terrorist acted on Shavuot

Cleared for publication: John Kakis, 20, a resident of the Old City, is the terrorist who carried out the terrorist attack on Shavuot night in the alleys of the Old City of Jerusalem.

About two weeks after the attack in which two Breslev Hasidim students were stabbed near the Damascus Gate were released details of the attack, carried out by a young Arab resident of the Old City, as interpreted by the central unit and the Shin Bet Jerusalem.

On the eve of the festival, when Meir David Sussman (18) and Shmuel Revivo (16) were on their way to Tikkun Leil Shavuot and prayer at the Western Wall, at 2:30 am a terrorist clung to a group of students walking in the street towards the wall, pulled out a knife, stabbed the two men and fled the scene .

David Region Police Forces and Border Policemen called to the scene immediately began searching, in parallel scanning cameras made by the police unit, at 2000. Commander of the Guard unit, at 2000 identified the suspect videos, reports and directed the troops to arrest the suspect at his home.

The investigation preceded by Special Duties Squad Jerusalem central unit of the General Security Service cooperation. The aeries of attacks were carried out by a lone terrorist in the city of Jerusalem in the past year, and indicate the highest level of threat and individual terrorist's activities especially those operating in past violence and the need for effective deterrence and to prosecute all those involved.

During investigation he told police that carried out the attack with a desire to harm Jews. An investigation revealed that the suspect was caught on camera 'view 2000' as he was walking down the fabric back and forth for a few minutes, when he saw a group of Jews walking toward the wall, clung to them, pulled out a knife, stabbed them and fled.

While fleeing, he threw off his coat and knife in the alley, which he bought the day before at one of the stalls at the Damascus Gate, and attempted to obscure evidence in order to prevent the arrest. He claimed that he knew that the area has cameras so he changed clothes and shaved to make it difficult for the police to find him.

Also, checking the Facebook page in his name identified those posts published encouraging the rise of Arab Jerusalem, the West and calling for the release and to liberate Palestine and Jerusalem.

Jerusalem District Commander Moshe (Chico) Edri praised the professional policemen and investigators which led to the arrest and rapid decoding of the terrorist attack.

"The professionalism of the police led to the identification and immediate arrest of the suspect in the attack, which helped many professional investigation and determination of the Jerusalem central district police investigators".

A detention was extended by the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, with a statement demanding towards the indictment.

Meanwhile, in recent weeks has crystallized a plea bargain between the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office and the 15-year-old terrorist who stabbed with a screwdriver an avrech on two different occasions in the old city six months ago, so when sentencing for attempted murder.

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