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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Palestinian gets 17 years for stabbing soldier
The Jerusalem District court has handed a Palestinian man a 17-year prison sentence for stabbing and lightly wounding a soldier in Jerusalem.
The Palestinian, Said Komboz, also has to pay the soldier he wounded NIS 50,000 ($13,000) in compensation for the attack, which occurred in December at the Jerusalem central bus station.
Komboz confessed to the attack as part of a plea deal, but the judge writes that he gave him a severe sentence in “the interest of public safety” and in order to discourage “this murderous ideology.”
The judge also notes that he has not expressed regret for his actions.
