The State Prosecutor's Office submitted a formal indictment to the Lod Central District Court Sunday morning against 22 year-old Tariq Dweik, the Arab terrorist who stabbed a Jewish man in Raanana last month.
Dweik, a Jerusalem native, declared his desire to "become a martyr" on several occasions in the weeks leading up to the attack.
To do this, he began working at a construction site in the coastal city of Raanana, and then brought a knife with him on the way to work less than two days after starting the job.
On October 13, Dweik walked to the 98 bus stop in Ra'anana and began stabbing the first Jew he found, a male victim, shouting 'Allahu Akhbar' (Allah is great - ed.).
Magen David Adom (MDA) medical teams provided treatment to the 32-year-old victim before evacuating him to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba. He suffered stab wounds to his upper body.
Bystanders prevented further attacks by overcoming the terrorist, kicking the knife out of his hand and beating him. Police were forced to intervene to keep the angry crowd from killing him on-site.
The prosecution asked to keep Dweik in police custody until the end of the trial.