Security services believe Glick's shooter had accomplice

Israel's security services, Shin Bet, believe that the person behind the attempted assassination of Yehuda Glick on Wednesday had an accomplice.

Mu'taz Hijazi, whom Shin Bet suspected of being behind the attack, was shot dead on Thursday morning as police stormed his house.

However, Shin Bet increasingly suspect that he was not working alone, Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Friday.

Sources involved in the investigation said yesterday that Glick had received numerous death threats over the past two years - Israeli police officials have denied this.

There were also demands for a further investigation after it was revealed that Hijazi was an employee at the restaurant of the Menachem Begin Centre, where Glick was shot.

Senior officials involved in the case raised concerns over the fact that the restaurant, which is frequented by top Israeli politicians, employed Hijazi, who had served a lenghty prison term.