Arrest (illustrative)
Arrest (illustrative)Flash 90

Police officers of the Northern District arrested an Arab near the entrance to the city of Tiberias Sunday, on suspicion of planning a terrorist stabbing.

The suspect was arrested after citizens reported to the police about a suspicious person expressing his intent to be a "martyr."

Tiberias police were called in the wake of the report and tried to locate the suspect, but the report was placed after he boarded a bus at a stop along Route 90, near Kibbutz Gesher. 

The bus was located at the entrance to the city of Tiberias, where the officers located the suspect.

Officers located a knife on the suspect's person; he has been detained for questioning.