Police on Friday said charges will be filed against five individuals suspected of shooting and killing a young Arab Israeli man on a street in northern Israel over three months ago.

Wael Saeida, 22, was fatally struck by a stray bullet outside a bakery in his hometown of Umm al-Ghanem on February 23. He had left his house to buy bread after breaking his Ramadan fast that night.

Footage of the shooting showed a car stopping in the middle of the street before a black-clad assailant disembarked with an assault rifle, opening fire on the bakery. According to the Ynet news site, the shooter was 16 years old.

Saeida was critically injured by the gunfire and taken to the hospital by paramedics, where doctors were later forced to pronounce him dead.

According to police, the shooting was linked to a brawl that began at a high school in Shibli, a town just north of Umm al-Ghanem. One of the students, an 18-year-old, allegedly stabbed three other boys. Police note that an indictment has been filed against him.

Three weeks later, Saeida was shot and killed outside the bakery. Police said the incident was part of a spate of shootings targeting businesses owned by a relative of one of the students involved in the brawl.

An assailant opens fire on a bakery in Umm al-Ghanem, leading to the death of........

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