Israel: Police thwart attempt to blow up Jerusalem’s light rail, four suspects arrested


Detectives from the Jerusalem District Police, together with Jerusalem Border Police personnel, arrested four suspects from east Jerusalem, aged 15-16, who made multiple pipe bombs and placed them under a light rail station in Jerusalem.

The police became aware of the incident while investigating other incidents relating to the use of pipe bombs and stones thrown at police and other light rails. From the investigation, it became apparent that the four suspects, some of whom banded together, trained, assembled, planted the explosive charge (an improvised explosive device) at a light rail station and documented the act.

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Source: The Jerusalem Post