The Israel Police and the Shin Bet arrested a 17-year-old Arab Israeli on suspicion of killing a married couple last week in central Israel, in what law enforcement now believes was a terror attack.

Ruslan and Olga Prihodko, from Rishon Lezion, were found shot dead in their car last Friday evening near Mishmar Ayalon in the Judean foothills.

The couple, both in their 40s, had left their house that morning to go on a trip and disappeared, relatives recounted to Channel 13, stressing that neither husband nor wife had any history of suicidal ideation or mental illness.

The couple is survived by a teenage son.

Police began probing the incident as a potential murder-suicide, but later changed course and started investigating possible foul play, enlisting the Shin Bet’s help.

The development came about after police realized that Ruslan’s licensed handgun was not at the scene of the crime, and he had not fired any weapon, Ynet reported, adding that his handgun was later found in its safe in the couple’s home.

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