Four east Jerusalem and West Bank Palestinian residents were indicted for allegedly collaborating with terrorists during the terrorist attack at the Ramot junction on September 8, where six people were killed and dozens were wounded, the Israel Police said on Friday.
The suspects are accused of providing the terrorists with weapons and transporting them from the West Bank to the bus stop where the attack occurred, the police said.
“Detectives from the Jerusalem District police in collaboration with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), arrested the four suspects on the same day of the attack,” the police statement read.
“With the conclusion of the investigative phase, an evidentiary foundation was formed against them,” followed by an indictment, they said.
On October 10, the IDF announced that it had demolished a building that belonged to a terrorist who took part in the attack in the town of Katana near Jerusalem.
“Everyone who lends a hand to terrorism should know that even if they did not pull the trigger, they bear direct responsibility for the act,” the police said.
The Ramot Junction terror attack
On the day of the attack, the terrorists boarded the No. 62 bus in Jerusalem, which operates across the city, and began shooting at passengers.
At least 21 people were wounded, and at least another 26 individuals were treated for anxiety at the scene.
Yaakov Pinto, 25, Rabbi Levi Yitzhak Pash, Israel Mentzer, 28, Yosef David, 43, Sarah Mendelson, 60, and Rabbi Mordechai Steinsteg, 79, were killed in the attack.
Pinto immigrated from Spain and was recently married. Pash taught at a Jerusalem yeshiva. Mentzer and David were residents of the Ramot neighborhood.
Mendelson served as the director of public relations in the Bnei Akiva youth movement treasury. Steinsteg, a resident of Ramot and retired cardiologist, owned the well-known bakery, Dr. Mark’s Pastry, located in Beit Shemesh.
Walla contributed to this report.