Tensions mounted in Jerusalem as a local Palestinian teenager was found dead early Wednesday in what some fear may have been a reprisal attack for the killing of three Jewish Israeli teenagers abducted in the West Bank.
The burned body of the victim, identified by family members and police as 17-year-old Mohammed Abu Khudair from the Palestinian neighborhood of Shuafat in north Jerusalem, was found in a forested area west of the city.
Police began searching for the teen after his family reported him missing when he hadn't come home early Wednesday morning, Israeli media reported. Separately, police received a call from friends who said that the teen was forcefully shoved into
A relative of Khudair, who identified himself only as Mahmoud, told Israel Radio that the teen was sitting on a fence outside his house among other friends around 3:45 a.m. on Wednesday, waiting for early morning prayers and a pre-dawn meal at a nearby mosque before starting the daily fast of Ramadan.
He said Khudair's friends saw a car make a U-turn near the mosque, when someone called the teen over and then forced him into the car. Friends reported seeing two or three people in the car at the time. They chased the vehicle, he said, but it managed to drive away. His friends called the police immediately, Mahmoud said.
More serious than I originally thought. Worth reading the full article.
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Residents clashed with police forces, throwing firebombs, other explosive devices and thousands of rocks in a 12-hour outburst that left a key traffic artery strewn with stones, burned trash bins, shattered glass and empty tear-gas canisters.
Riots.
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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry described the death of the Palestinian youth as “despicable and senseless.” He called on all sides to “do everything in their power to protect the innocent and act with reasonableness and restraint.”
It's obvious that they want to kill each other, just let them do it before even more disgusting weapons are invented. End it before they kill us all...
The end of times are near. These sort of things should not be happening, for real. This world is truly a sad place to live in with all of these wars, poverty, and corruption; bless that child and his family.
The end of times are near. These sort of things should not be happening, for real. This world is truly a sad place to live in, bless that child and his family.
a little over dramatic. life goes on in the civilized parts of the world
