A terrorist shooting was thwarted Saturday when personnel from the Defense Ministry's Crossing Points Authority arrested three Palestinian women in possession of a homemade submachine gun and notes stating they wished to die carrying out a terrorist attack against Israelis.
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The three would-be terrorists were detained near the Eliyahu checkpoint in the West Bank.
The security personnel spotted the women driving toward the checkpoint – where they had apparently intended to gun down soldiers – and arrested them before they could reach their destination.
The would-be attackers were armed with an improvised submachine gun known colloquially as "Carlo."
All three suspects Palestinians were taken for interrogation by Israel's security services, an IDF spokesperson said.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
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