Arafat and al-Wazir were arrested, but both claimed they were not present at the scene because of an emergency meeting with another intelligence officer, Ahmed Sweidani.
أعتقل عرفات والوزير لكنهما ادعيا أنهما لم يكونا موجودين في المكان بسبب اجتماع طارىء مع ضابط المخابرات أحمد السويداني.