| Israeli troops arrested a Palestinian man carrying a 22-pound bomb in his taxi after he fled and threw the explosives out of the cab's window, a security official said Friday. Soldiers began chasing the taxi after it tried to evade a roadblock outside the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, the official said on condition of anonymity. The man was identified as Ibrahim Abu Zahu. During the chase, Abu Zahu threw the bomb out the cab window, the official said. Troops safely detonated the explosives, the official said. According to the official, the army had beefed up its presence in the area after Israel's Shin Bet security service received a specific warning that an explosive device was to be smuggled out of Nablus by the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. |