Judge orders hearing to examine possibility of releasing Duma firebomb suspect to house arrest

A Central District Court judge has ordered a hearing later this week to examine the possibility of releasing to house arrest one of the suspects in the 2015 Duma terror attack.

The decision comes against the wishes of the State Attorney’s Office, which has requested that the 20-year-old remain behind bars until the end of proceedings against him.

Last month, a panel of Central District Court judges ruled to throw out confessions given under duress by the unnamed suspect, who was a minor at the time of the firebombing that killed three members of the Dawabsha family.

The remaining admissions of guilt that were ruled admissible in the case against did not directly tie the suspect to the 2015 attack, leading the defense to submit a request to release the 20-year-old, who has been in jail since December 2015.

The prosecution has insisted that it still has enough evidence to prosecute the alleged accomplice despite the dropped confessions.