A student found Nashat Melhem's cell phone on a road in Ramat Aviv on Friday. Earlier that afternoon, Melhem had killed three people in a pub.
When the student turned on the phone, she was surprised to receive numerous calls from people speaking Arabic. After and and her father saw news reports identifying Melhem as the terrorist, they called police and handed over the phone.
Police are still looking for Melhem, and believe that he remains around the Tel Aviv area.