Monday, July 07, 2014

MIDDLE EAST - Israel Authorities Arrest Jewish Teens for Death of Palestinian Teen

The never ending conflict.

"Authorities move forward on investigation into Palestinian teen’s death" PBS NewsHour 7/6/2014

Excerpt

JOHN LARSON (NewsHour):  We begin tonight in Israel, where authorities today arrested six men they believe are responsible for the revenge murder of a Palestinian teenager.  The 16-year-old was beaten and burned alive.

The incident apparently sparked by the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.  The arrest were one of several important developments in Israel today.  For more we are once again joined via Skype in Jerusalem by Josef Federman of the Associated Press.

Joe thanks again for joining us.  What do we know about the arrest today?

JOSEF FEDERMAN:  Well Israeli authorities have just announced that they arrested several suspects.  They haven’t given the official number, but officials are saying that they have six people in custody.

The arrest took place this morning and everybody is still being interrogated right now.  We don’t know their identifications yet, we don’t have their names, but we know that they are Jewish.  We know that they are young men.  In fact some of them are below the age of 18.  They have been identified as minors and they come from the Jerusalem area.

No comments: