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Israel police arrest 6 suspects in case of murdered Palestinian boy.

The murdered Palestinian boy Muhammed Abu Khdeir

Foreign and Israeli correspondents reported Monday, July 6, a dramatic breakthrough in the Israeli police investigation of the murder of the Palestinian 16-year old Muhammad Abu Khdeir, whose charred body was found in the Jerusalem Forest on July 2. Six suspects were arrested by police who suggested that the murder was believed to be “nationalistic revenge” for the six Israeli teens kidnapped and murdered by Hamas. All the suspects are from the Jerusalem district. A gag order has been issued on the publication of any details of the inquiry until the police are ready to make a statement, most probably later in the day.

An autopsy was conducted on the boy’s body in the presence of a Palestinian forensic specialist. Palestinian sources said that soot found in the boy’s respiratory canal and lungs indicated that he was burned to death and suffered burns on “90 percent of his body.” This was not confirmed by Israeli investigators.
The discovery of Abu Khdeir’s body sparked a three-day frenzy of Palestinian and Israeli Arab rioting in Jerusalem, where 10 Jews were injured by firebombs, and northern Israel, where Jewish drivers were beaten up by Israeli Arabs.
The top-notch Jerusalem Police Central Unit has been assigned to lead the investigation. Senior officers have promised that every possible effort will be made to solve this murder. President Shimon Peres stated that those responsible will be tried and punished. Israeli leaders have widely condemned the killing of the Palestinian youth, whoever was responsible, and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed those responsible would be brought to justice.

In a separate incident, Abu Khdeir’s 15-year-old cousin Tariq, a U.S. citizen was beaten by police during clashes in Jerusalem on Thursday. Tariq’s parents, Suha and Salah, said he was detained but had been treated at an Israeli hospital. They released photos showing his face swollen and badly bruised. An Israeli police spokeswoman said Tariq Abu Khdeir had resisted arrest and attacked police officers. He was detained with a slingshot in his possession, along with six other protesters, including some armed with knives, she said, adding that several officers were hurt. Tariq’s father said he witnessed his son’s arrest and that the boy was not involved in the violence.

Sunday, after a court hearing, he was released to home arrest and told reporters he had been treated well.

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