One of six Jewish nationalists arrested confesses to revenge killing of Arab teen

(JPost) - One of the six unidentified Jewish extremists arrested early Sunday morning in the brutal murder confessed to the crime. According to Channel 2, one of the suspects was cooperating with police and has incriminated his accomplices.

According to numerous sources, the unidentified suspects made the confession during questioning by Shin Bet security agents. While details of the arrests and investigation remain largely unknown due to a court-sanctioned gag order, hours after their arrests a Petah Tikva court ruled that five of the suspects be held for an additional eight days and the sixth for an additional five days. All the defendants are being barred from legal representation.

Following the arrests, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch condemned the suspects.