(April 14, 2022 / JNS) A Palestinian terrorist affiliated with Islamic State (IS) ideology stabbed three people to death in Jerusalem between January 2019 and March this year, and also attempted to assassinate a teenage boy, security forces said Thursday. Israelis. The terrorist suspect is in custody.

A joint investigation by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the Israel Police has revealed that the terrorist, Wasim Assayed, 34, from Hebron, stabbed Yehuda and Tamar Kaduri to death in their Jerusalem home on 13 January 2019, in the Armon Hanatziv. piece.

A day before the stabbing, an Israeli teenager was also stabbed in the same area.

In March, the terrorist stabbed to death a Moldovan worker in Israel, Ivan Tarnovski, and injured a second Moldovan national. As the Central Jerusalem District Police Unit investigated the stabbings in the march, Assayed was arrested by Border Police in northern Jerusalem after entering Israel illegally as he attempted to cross the security barrier. The police recovered a knife from his possession.

The Shin Bet questioned the suspect because of his affiliation with ISIS, and suspicions quickly arose that he was plotting an attack.

Four days before his arrest in late March, Assayed was released from administrative detention, where he had been for more than two years due to his involvement in terrorist activities unrelated to the killings.

During an investigation by Shin Bet-Israel police, Assayed’s involvement in the stabbing of Moldovan nationals emerged and evidence linking the terrorist to the attack was found, police said in a statement. a statement.

“During additional investigative steps by the Shin Bet and the Jerusalem District Central Unit, it emerged that in January 2019, Assayed murdered Tamar and Yehuda Kaduri by stabbing them in their Jerusalem home,” police said. “It also emerged that a day earlier Assayed had attempted to stab a teenage girl in the same area, injuring her.”

A terrorist motivation was established for all incidents during the investigation.

Assayed also served a prison term between 2015 and 2018 due to his involvement in ISIS activities and plans to attack Israelis. After being released by Israel, he was detained by the Palestinian Authority for months.

In January 2019, after being released by the PA and committing the Jerusalem killings, he was arrested again by Israel; tried for incitement and membership of a hostile organization; and imprisoned again. After serving his sentence, he remained in police custody for two and a half years.