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Border Police say they immediately freed Palestinian teen upon determining he has Down syndrome
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
The Border Police say, in response to video of officers assaulting and detaining a teen with Down syndrome, that the “footage shows Border Police officers detaining a minor suspected of involvement in stone-throwing during disturbances directed at security forces in the Shuafat area, after he was identified holding a stone.
“Upon further clarification, officers determined that the individual is a minor with a disability who had inadvertently arrived at the scene. The detention was immediately discontinued.”
The police add that officers escorted the teen away from the scene, contacted his family and remained with him until his parents arrived, at which point they were briefed on the circumstances.
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