Border Police stop terrorist en-route to suicide bombing at Tapuah Junction

 

The suicide bomber wore heavy clothing on a hot day and walked in a strange manner, arousing the suspicions of Border Police officers at the junction. After being forced to lie on the ground and reveal 12 pipe bombs wrapped around his body and connected by wires. Border Police called in a bomb disposal team, which dismantled the belt. 

 

The Palestinian was then arrested and taken for questioning while a bomb squad dismantled the explosives and submitted the devices for further inspections to determine the explosive material which was used. 

 

The terrorist was identified as a Palestinian man in his 20\’s, who arrived at the junction from Nablus area. Security forces believe that the bomber intended to strike the soldiers at the check point but are also investigating other possibilities

 

The security forces have closed the area off to traffic.

 

In 2012 at the Tapuah Junction, an Israeli civilian Evyatar Borovsky was stabbed to death. In a separate incident, Border Police apprehended three Palestinian men and found eight pipe bombs, a pistol and a knife when searching their car.