The source has posted footage appearing to show two individuals attempting three times to detonate a grenade at a restaurant in Kiryat Ono. The incident matches a previously reported grenade attack at a Japnika branch in the city, which police announced they had solved earlier this week.
Footage circulated Tuesday evening shows two masked individuals making three attempts to detonate a grenade at a Japnika branch in Kiryat Ono before the device explodes. The video corresponds to an attack last month that Tel Aviv police announced on Monday they had solved. Two suspects from Bat Yam are slated to be indicted for the attack. The release does not indicate a new incident but appears to be additional visual documentation of the earlier event. The source of the video was not specified.
On Monday Aug 10 at 12:10 Jerusalem, police arrested two Bat Yam residents, aged 18 and 22, on suspicion of throwing a fragmentation grenade at the Japnika branch while masked and fleeing on a motorcycle. Later the same day, police said they had solved the case and would indict the two. ynet also released footage of the incident on Monday evening.
As The Zioneer has reported, a series of grenade attacks in central Israel in recent weeks—including a grenade thrown at a kiosk in Kiryat Motzkin on Aug 3, at a building entrance in Rishon LeZion on Jul 14, and at a building lobby in Bat Yam on Aug 2—have been attributed by police to criminal disputes.
The source of the newly circulated footage remains unidentified. The video's appearance does not alter the previously reported timeline or the police resolution of the case.
6 developments
- StrongCourt extends detention of suspect in Kiryat Ono Japnika grenade attack by 7 days
- DevelopingPolice arrest 18-year-old suspect in Kiryat Ono grenade attack; suspect to be brought to detention hearing
- DevelopingGrenade thrown at kiosk in Kiryat Motzkin; police investigate criminal background
- DevelopingFootage shows Japnika Afula branch after overnight grenade attack
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