Israeli security forces detain 8 Arab suspects for killing Jewish man

(MENAFN) On Sunday, Jun. 20 Israeli security forces stated that eight Arab suspects have been detained for the murdering of a Jewish man in central Israel in May amidst a wave of ethnic aggression. Six of the suspects are Palestinian civilians of Israel and the other two are Palestinian locals of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, noted Israel's police and Shin Bet security service in a joint report. They have been detained on suspicion of hurling rocks at the vehicle of Yigal Yehoshua, aged 57, in Lod, a mixed Arab-Jewish city east of Tel Aviv, on May 11. The man passed away of his injuries in hospital on May 17, and his kidney was donated to an Arab woman. A report of the State Attorney's office said that the Israeli prosecution is setting up to charge seven of the suspects with the accusation of terrorist killing. The other suspect is projected to be indicted with trying to ruin evidence.