Aslam Farouh, believed to have carried out bus stop attacks last month, acted on ‘salafi-jihadi ideology’, say police

Israeli authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested a suspect in Jerusalem over twin bombings that killed two people last month and that he identified with Islamic State.

Aslam Farouh, 26, an Arab with an Israeli residency card, lived between Kafr Akab, a neighbourhood of Jerusalem, and Ramallah, the Shin Bet domestic security agency and Israel police said in a joint statement.

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