Israel arrests assailant who kills foreign tourist

Israeli intelligence agency ( Shin Bet) announced Saturday that it arrested a Palestinian youth who confessed to killing a foreign tourist in Jerusalem on Aug. 10.

According to Israeli daily Ha'aretz, the suspect is a resident from the West Bank village of Kabatiya, south of Jenin, and is allegedly linked with the Islamic Jihad (Holy War).

On Aug. 10, an Italian tourist was stabbed to death in a Palestinian neighborhood near Jerusalem's Old City and later died of his wounds.

The victim was identified as Angelo Frammartino, 25, from Monte Rotondo, Italy. Frammartino came to Israel to help establish a summer camp for Arab children in Jerusalem.

Source: Xinhua