Police arrested two more youths from the Israeli-Arab village of Jaljulya on Thursday evening, bringing to five the number of those on suspicion of involvement in the fatal shooting on a shcool bus carrying about 10 students in Kfar Kassem Thursday afternoon. One student was killed and several others were wounded in the attack.

The mayor has convened a meeting of the city council to discuss the attack and is likely to announce a two-day general closure of area schools in light of the event.