Israeli security forces on early Wednesday apprehended the terrorist who shot and wounded two haredi Jews in Jerusalem, according to a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet).

The terrorist was caught during a raid in the Samarian city of Nablus (biblical Shechem) that included the IDF, Shin Bet and the Border Police’s Yamam counterterrorism unit. No casualties to Israeli forces were reported.

The suspect, a teenager from the Askar refugee camp on the outskirts of Nablus, was transferred to the Shin Bet for questioning.

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai praised the quick work of security forces that led to the predawn arrest.

“From the first moment that the police forces from the Jerusalem District and the soldiers of the Border Police rushed to the scene of the attack, we used many forces and together with accurate intelligence we managed to get our hands on the terrorist,” Shabtai said.

“Let every terrorist know that the long arm of the security system will reach wherever he escapes to and wherever he hides,” he added.

Two Breslov Chassidim, aged 48 and 50, were moderately wounded in the terrorist attack in Jerusalem’s Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood on Tuesday morning. They were shot at point-blank range while sitting in a vehicle.

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