Remand extended for driver in south TA truck rampage
By BEN HARTMAN
The Petach Tikvah Magistrate's Court on Wednesday extended by four days the remand of Islam Ibrahim Issa, accused of carrying out a terror attack in South Tel Aviv on May 15th.Issa drove his truck into a series of cars, a bus, and a bus stop on South Tel Aviv's Bar Lev Street killing Aviv Morag, 29, of Givatayim and injuring over a dozen more. On Saturday, police took Islam to carry out a reenactment of the incident, which he maintains was an accident, and the result of a flat tire that caused him to lose control of the truck.The incident involving the 22-year-old truck driver from Kfar Qassem took place on "Nakba Day", when Palestinians mourn the founding of the state of Israel.
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