JERUSALEM - Israeli media say that one of the Palestinian gunmen who killed four Israelis in Tel Aviv fled the scene of the attack and took refuge in the apartment of a police officer who later arrested him.
The wife of an off-duty officer told Channel 2 TV that when the couple on Wednesday entered their home, which is near the scene of the attack, a man in a suit walked in with them and asked for water.
She says the two "didn't suspect anything. We thought that he just seemed panicked" from the attack.
The report did not name the woman, identifying her only as the daughter of a former Israeli police commissioner Assaf Hefetz.
She says her husband grabbed his police hat and gun and ran outside to help his colleagues. Later he encountered the other attacker who was dressed in the same kind of suit and realized who was in his apartment.
The woman says her husband feared "he would come back to find us all dead." She says her husband later arrested the gunman at their home.
There was no immediate comment from police.
KARE 11 Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard just returned from Israel the day before the killings.
“Unfortunately, in Israel, they are not immune to terrorist attacks and these things tend to happen seemingly out of the blue and occasionally but usually Tel Aviv is somewhat immune to it, these things tend to happen more in Jerusalem or where there are settlements in the West Bank," said Sundgaard.
The Israeli military says it has revoked most permits for Palestinians to visit Israel and travel abroad during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
“This is the problem with these attacks, is, first of all no one should ever condone terrorism but sometimes the reaction can only worsen things. It's the month of Ramadan right now for Muslims and the majority of Palestinians are Muslim and so Israel normally, during that time, eases restrictions between Gaza and the West Bank because of the family ties and things like that and now they've taken back some of that easing and that might further create some tension," said Sundgaard.
“We should condemn terrorism wherever it is, all the time. But, it tends to be a little bit of a different take on terrorism when it happens in the Middle East. We tend to think, well, it just is a regular occurrence and that's life in the Middle East and we really shouldn't look at it that way. If a terror attack happens in Paris or Tel Aviv or New York City, it's terrorism either way," argued Sundgaard.
“I will continue to be an ambassador for Israel and also the Middle East in general. It's one of the most fascinating parts of the world whether you're in Egypt, Jordan, Turkey or Israel. And we bring friends there every year who, just like before the first time I went there, was a little reluctant wondering what it would be like and they come away planning the trip for next year. So, people really fall in love with the place," described Sundgaard.